THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent v. DOUGLAS L. COVERDELL, and COVERDELL ENTERPRISES, INC., and CITY OF BRANSON, MISSOURI, Defendant-Respondent, and ARVEST BANK, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., n/k/a U.S. BANK, N.A., Intervenors-Respondents, and COMMUNITY BANK OF THE OZARKS

THE EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC ) COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) ) v. ) Nos. SD32806 and SD32807 ) (consolidated) DOUGLAS L. COVERDELL, and ) COVERDELL ENTERPRISES, INC., ) Filed: Oct. 30, 2015 ) Defendants-Appellants, ) ) and ) ) CITY OF BRANSON, MISSOURI, ) ) Defendant-Respondent, ) ) and ) ) ARVEST BANK, and BANK OF ) AMERICA, N.A., n/k/a U.S. BANK, ) N.A., ) ) Intervenors-Respondents, ) ) and ) ) COMMUNITY BANK OF THE ) OZARKS, ) ) Defendant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TANEY COUNTY Honorable Gerald D. McBeth, Circuit Judge 1 REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS This opinion…