City of Gainesville v. Morrison Fertilizer, Inc.

JEFFREY W. BATES, Chief Judge.

In April 1998, the City of Gainesville, Missouri (“City”), filed a petition to quiet title in the Circuit Court of Ozark County, Missouri. The defendants in the action were Morrison Fertilizer, Inc.; Robert and Dot Merrell; Lawrence and Mary Freeman; and Russell and Linda Biby. The petition requested that title to four parcels of real property adjoining the City’s airport be quieted in the City. Defendants were alleged to be the record owners of the aforementioned pieces of property, which were individually identified by legal description in the petition. The…