Gannon v. Nelsen

FLANIGAN, Chief Judge.

This action arises out of a real estate transaction between Edwin F. Gannon and Treesa Gannon, plaintiffs-sellers, and Jerry Nelsen and Debra Nelsen, defendants-buyers. The trial court, sitting without a jury, sustained defendants’ oral “Motion for Directed Verdict,” which was made at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence. The ground for the motion was “that all purchases of real estate in the state of Missouri must be evidenced by a writing and all the parties to be charged. There’s no writing of any context before this court at this time, and that would be the basis of my…