Breiding v. Wells

SHRUM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs in a court-tried case against defendants Larry Wells (hereafter Wells), Leon F. Cain, Jr. (hereafter Leon, Jr.), and Vickie Cain (hereafter Vickie) for $3,500.00 actual damages for trespass to real estate, which were trebled “pursuant to Section 537.340 R.S.Mo., to the amount of ... $10,-500.00, and additional damages in the sum of $1,200.00 for clean up damages computed against Defendants.”

Plaintiffs owned 5 acres in Hickory County, Missouri, near Lake Pomme de Terre. Defendant Leon, Jr., and his wife1 owned 49.38 acres which…