Jenni v. Gamel

STEWART, Judge.

This case is before us for the second time after a retrial. See Jenni v. E.R.B. Land, Inc., 541 S.W.2d 743 (Mo.App.1976).

In this court-tried case defendant E.R.B. Land, Inc. (E.R.B.), the record owner of certain real estate, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court that in essence impressed a lien upon the real estate to secure an indebtedness owed to plaintiffs as evidenced by a note and unrecorded deed of trust executed by the four Gamel defendants (Gamels).

It is contended by E.R.B. that the trial court erred (1) “in granting plaintiffs a lien for a purported debt because…