Legal Opinion
Kopp v. Franks
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 5, 1990No. 16406, 16420PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHRUM, Judge.
Plaintiffs Daniel G. Kopp and Lois M. Shufeldt, husband and wife, brought suit against defendants Richard Franks and Faith Franks seeking specific performance of a contract and damages for breach of the same contract. The contract provided that defendants were to build a home for plaintiffs for $210,000.00 on a lot selected by plaintiffs but purchased by defendants. Plaintiffs filed a lis pendens notice when they filed their lawsuit. Defendants counterclaimed seeking actual and punitive damages from plaintiffs for abuse of process in the filing of lis pendens. The trial court…
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