Gurwit v. Kannatzer

The trial court after a court-tried case entered judgment quieting title in plaintiffs Monte and Martha Gurwit, husband and wife, to a certain 17-acre tract of land in Boone County. Defendants Eugene H. Gruender and Dorothy Gruender, husband and wife, and John R. Gruender and Karen Gruender, husband and wife, have appealed. An earlier appeal of this case was dismissed by this court because the judgment was not final. Gurwit v. Kannatzer, 758 S.W.2d 486 (Mo.App.1988).

The first question presented is whether the evidence supported the judgment of the trial court. The judgment was based upon the…