Parker v. Sherman

GEORGE E. SCHAAF, Special Judge!

This appeal is by plaintiff, pro se, whose petition was dismissed for failure to state a cause of action. The order of dismissal, although it did not specify whether with or without prejudice, was with prejudice and appealable. Supreme Court Rule 67.03, V.A.M.R., and White v. Sievers, 359 Mo. 145, 221 S.W.2d 118.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges that he is a taxpayer of Douglas County; that defendant is the elected sheriff thereof; that during four days of August 1968 the owners and operators of a carnival conducted games of chance openly and publicly at the Douglas…