Sturgis v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action against a city to recover specified sums of money alleged to constitute separate balances due as salaries for separate and distinct employments which covered a period of years, and for interest on the respective balances from the dates the respective employments terminated. Plaintiff prevailed, and the city has appealed.

Plaintiff attempted in his petition to state a single cause of action for the total amount due under three separate employments, on the theory of an open account. The petition, however, in substance…