Patterson v. Waterman

Ron Waterman (Appellant) appeals a jury verdict awarding Oliver and Mary Ruth Patterson (Respondents) the sum of $75,000 for breach of contract. The contract allowed Respondents to cut timber on Appellant’s real estate which consisted of some 1,040 acres. 1

Based on numerous violations of Rule 84.04, 2 Respondents claim that Appellant has failed to preserve anything for our review and, consequently, the appeal should be dismissed. We agree.

We first observe that Appellant’s brief does not contain a table of authorities. Rule 84.04(a)(1) requires that an appellate brief contain an alphabetical…