Bruce v. George

ULRICH, Presiding Judge.

James and Melissa Stulz appeal the final judgment in partition of the trial court approving the sale of real estate owned by them and Robert and Mary Darrington as tenants in common and distributing the sale proceeds. They claim that the court lacked authority to enter the judgment because the property was sold at a private sale under a real estate contract rather than at a public auction as required under Rule 96 and Chapter 528, RSMo 1994. The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.

On March 21, 1996, the Darringtons…