Davidson v. Kubalek

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

This appeal must be dismissed because, for lack of a final judgment, it is premature. “A judgment is the final determination of the right of the parties in the action.” § 511.020.1 With exceptions not applicable here, § 512.020 requires, as a predicate for an appeal, “any final judgment in the case.”

Plaintiff Melissa Davidson brought this replevin action against defendants Kubalek in the Circuit Court of Camden County and the case was tried, without a jury, before an associate circuit judge of that county, Honorable Mary Dickerson, who was entitled to “hear and…