Mississippi River Transmission Corp. v. Wachter Construction, Inc.

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

Defendants William F. Wachter, Suzanne B. Wachter and Wachter Construction (Wachter) appeal from a judgment in a court tried case awarding plaintiff Mississippi River Transmission Corporation (MRTC) $50,000 for damages sustained when Wachter interfered with MRTC’s easement across Wachter’s property. We affirm.

Our review is governed by Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30 (Mo. banc 1976) which states that the judgment in a court tried case will be sustained “unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, unless it is against the weight of the evidence, unless it…