Arata v. Monsanto Chemical Company

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

In this action plaintiffs sought to recover from defendant actual and punitive damages in the total sum of $200,000. The defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ amended petition was sustained and a judgment of dismissal was entered accordingly. Plaintiffs have duly appealed.

Plaintiffs alleged in their amended petition that they were the owners of certain land located in St. Louis County, Missouri; that defendant had acquired 152 acres of land on the east side of Lindbergh Boulevard and 100 acres on the west side thereof and had erected thereon certain offices,…