Legal Opinion

Riney v. Shaffer

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 27, 1985No. 49046PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Appellants appeal from a decree of the trial court ruling respondents had gained title to a parcel of land by adverse possession of their precedessor in title, a co-tenant. We affirm.

Respondents filed a motion to dismiss for violations of Rule 84.04. Rule 84.04(b) requires a factual statement of the case showing jurisdiction. Presentment of these facts is appellants’ first opportunity to apprise the appellate court of what the case is all about, in capsule form. Appellants assert this- court had jurisdiction because the ease was not within the Supreme Court’s exclusive…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stevens v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
  2. Porter's Ready-Built, Inc. v. PlummerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Pillow v. SayadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. Cash v. GilbreathMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Lewis v. RennerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Holcomb v. University PropertiesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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