Evans v. Hamling

DIXON, Judge.

Plaintiffs Evans appeal from a judgment decreeing that defendants Hamling are the owners of a disputed strip of land along the common boundary of the parties.

The dispositive issue is the validity of the judgment as a matter of law. Review is governed by Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30 (Mo. banc 1976).

Both parties claim record title from a common source. Both tracts are described portions of a large town lot in the City of Clinton. The deed boundary of the plaintiffs Evans on the west coincides with a portion of the eastern deed boundary of the defendants Hamling. The deed…