Lassiter v. Martin

HOGAN, Judge.

This statutory action for unlawful detain-er was brought in the Associate Division of the Circuit Court of Stone County as provided by § 534.060, RSMo 1978. Plaintiffs had judgment. Defendants thereafter applied for and were granted a trial de novo as permitted by § 512.180.1 and § 534.080, RSMo 1978. Plaintiffs thereafter filed a petition and the defendants filed an answer. Upon trial de novo, the defendants did not appear and plaintiffs again had judgment. Defendants now appeal.

A chronology may be helpful in understanding the nature and tenor of the cause on appeal:

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