Joy v. Hull

GREENE, Judge.

This case involves a dispute over the ownership of real estate in Butler County, Missouri, between plaintiffs, Billy and Ethel Joy, and defendants, James and Virginia Hull.

The disputed tract of less than five acres is rocky pasture land covered with brush and trees, and is of little apparent value. It lies between land purchased by the Hulls from Daniel and Lou Brown on June 5, 1974, and land purchased by the Joys from Chester and Arcadia Lindsay on August 17, 1976. The Lindsays had sold the Hull property to the Browns on May 28, 1971. According to Chester Lindsay’s testimony at…