Ferguson v. Ferguson

In Ferguson v. Ferguson, the western district, after opinion, ordered the cause transferred to this Court because of an apparent conflict with its opinion and both the eastern district cases of Pourney v. Seabaugh, 604 S.W.2d 646 (Mo.App.1980), and Swan v. Shelton, 469 S.W.2d 943 (Mo.App.1971), and this Court’s opinions in Northwestern Brewers Supply Co. v. Vorhees, 356 Mo. 699, 203 S.W.2d 422 (1947), and Wormington v. City of Monett, 358 Mo. 1044, 218 S.W.2d 586 (banc 1949).

The eastern district in Niedorf. v. Niedorf and Flynn v. DeSantis noted the apparent conflicts, and because Ferguson…