Sexton v. First National Mercantile Bank & Trust Co. of Joplin

PREWITT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff filed his “Second Amended Petition for Breach of Contract” on January 28, 1985. It stated that plaintiff was damaged “by reason of Bank’s [defendant’s] breach of its loan commitment to Plaintiff”, causing plaintiff to lose an automobile dealership.

Defendant’s answer included an allegation that plaintiff “is estopped from claiming Defendant breached any obligations to Plaintiff or Sexton Motors, Inc. by agreeing to and executing that certain Agreement, dated April 18, 1972, between First National Bank and Trust Company of Joplin, Sexton Motors, Inc., Chrysler…