{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"barrie-hair","displayName":"Barrie Hair","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed111110:2023-10-24","opinionId":"96e22f5c-3c70-51c4-88d7-4a3c28291ee1","slug":"melissa-cavin-respondent-v-barrie-hair-appellant-111110","caseName":"Melissa Cavin, Respondent, vs. Barrie Hair, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED111110","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2023-10-24","year":2023,"display_summary":"Barrie Hair appealed from a judgment quieting title to real property in favor of Melissa Cavin. Cavin claimed title through a small estate probate affidavit from her father's estate, while Hair asserted title by adverse possession. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, finding that Cavin's probate filings constituted substantial evidence of her title and that Hair failed to prove his possession was hostile for adverse possession.","primaryTopic":"property-real-estate","topicSlugs":["property-real-estate","estate-probate","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=202261","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/melissa-cavin-respondent-v-barrie-hair-appellant-111110","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"real-estate","label":"Real Estate","href":"/practice-areas/real-estate","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: real-estate","topic: property-real-estate"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/real-estate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"},{"slug":"estate-planning","label":"Estate Planning","href":"/practice-areas/estate-planning","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: probate"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/estate-planning"}],"role":"appellant"}]}