Gladis v. Rooney

LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, Judge.

George and Mary Gladis (“Plaintiffs”) appeal the summary judgment in favor of Robert and Charlene Rooney (“Defendants”) in their action for a partnership accounting. We reverse and remand.

This Court’s review of a summary judgment is essentially de novo. ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp., 854 S.W.2d 371, 376 (Mo. banc 1993). “The criteria on appeal for testing the propriety of summary judgment are no different from those which should be employed by the trial court to determine the propriety of sustaining the motion initially. As the trial…