Steen v. Colombo

I dissent. The basic facts of this on-going controversy are found in Steen v. Colombo, 722 S.W.2d 648 (Mo.App.1987) (Steen I) and in the majority opinion (Steen II). The controversy concerns title to Lot 1111 and the Steens’ construction of improvements thereon. These were the issues developed and decided in Steen I. Neither party contends nor cites any reason why the opinion in Steen I is not the “law of the case” within the doctrine stated by cases such as DeMayo v. Lyons, 243 S.W.2d 967 (Mo.1951) and Coleman v. Ziegler, 248 S.W.2d 610 (Mo.1952). I consider it to be such. It is significant…