Estate of Lemaster v. Hackley

CLARK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered against appellant in a suit on a promissory note. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded.

The action was commenced by a petition filed in the circuit court July 23,1984. The caption of the pleading showed the parties to be “The Estate of William E. Lemaster (Geraldine Lemaster, Personal Representative), Plaintiff vs. Jack Hackley, Defendant.” The status of the plaintiff was explained by allegations that William Lemas-ter had died in 1983, that his estate was pending in Lafayette County, Missouri and that Geraldine…