Sympson v. Rogers

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

This is a second appeal of the case shown at 314 S.W.2d 717. The suit is one by plaintiff as assignee of Alfred H. Osborne, a former lawyer, for compensation allegedly due Osborne under an oral contract with the defendants, who are lawyers practicing in Kansas City as partners. Both appeals were taken by plaintiff from judgments entered upon motions to dismiss. Consequently, we confine our statement of facts, generally, to the allegations of the petitions; however, it is conceded in the present case and it was agreed of record in the prior case, that both Osborne and…