Case Name: Geoffrey Lynn SIMPKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HARDESTY, Terry Bulter, John Shively, Defendants-Respondents
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1989-11-21
Citations: 787 S.W.2d 737
Docket Number: No. 56500
Parties: Geoffrey Lynn SIMPKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HARDESTY, Terry Bulter, John Shively, Defendants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 787
Pages: 737–737

Head Matter:
Geoffrey Lynn SIMPKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert HARDESTY, Terry Bulter, John Shively, Defendants-Respondents.
No. 56500.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
Nov. 21, 1989.
Geoffrey Lynn Simpkins, Farmington, pro se.
William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Hardesty.
Terry Bulter, Farmington, pro se.
John Shively, Farmington, pro se.

Opinion:
ORDER
Plaintiff, an inmate, filed a small claims petition seeking a $107.00 judgment against defendants for property which he claims was taken from his cell while he was in temporary detention. The small claims court dismissed the petition for failure to state a cause of action. Plaintiff appealed to the circuit court, and after a trial de novo at which defendants did not appear, the court entered judgment for defendants. We affirm. No error of law appears, and an extended opinion would have no prece-dential value. The parties have been furnished with a memorandum for their information only setting forth the reasons for our order affirming the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).