Donze Lake Development Corp. v. Holliday

SMITH, Judge.

Defendants appeal from the judgment of the trial court quieting title in plaintiffs to a twenty plus acre tract of land in Ste. Genevieve County. We affirm.

Defendants’ initial point is that their “paper” title was better than plaintiffs’ and the trial court erred in finding the contrary. At the beginning of the trial, the parties and the court engaged in a lengthy colloquy to stipulate to certain matters. Included in the stipulation were the respective chains of title of each of the parties and the legal description of the property. The following also ensued:

“Mr. Mcllrath…