Page v. Joplin National Bank & Trust Co.

Plaintiff sued for $150,000.00 alleged to be the value of certain real estate which he claimed Albert Gregory Hull *1011(now deceased) had agreed to devise to him. The Court sustained defendants’ motion to dismiss on the ground of failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff’s petition stated that he “became ill with silicosis incurred as the result of the hazards of his employment with deceased” and that decedent induced him to occupy certain described land “in recognition of his right to make a claim.” The petition contained the following…