Kamp v. Grantham

GRIMM, Judge.

In this non-jury matter, an associate circuit court judge granted plaintiffs judgment against defendants for $6,426.25. Defendants appeal, raising two issues.

The first is decisive. In it, defendants allege the associate circuit court judge lacked jurisdiction to enter judgment because judgment was not entered within thirty days after submission as required by § 517.111.2, RSMo 1994. We agree, and remand for entry of a new judgment.

The procedural background discloses that plaintiffs filed their petition in 1994. In that petition, they sought $6,426.25 for rent they paid which they…