Pomeroy v. Kympton

Appeal from a suit to quiet title to realty situate in Phelps County, Missouri. The case was tried to the court and on February 24, 1978, the court wrote in its docket book what was labeled a “Docket Entry of Judgment”, but, in fact, no judgment was then entered. Thereafter, on March 1, 1978, plaintiffs filed a “Motion to Correct Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Docket Entry Judgment.” On March 27, 1978, defendants filed a notice of appeal wherein they recited that they were appealing “. . . from the judgment entered in this action on the 24th day of February, 1978.” On August 2,…