{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"eric-and-ashley-english","displayName":"Eric and Ashley English","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86145:undated","opinionId":"ccb6da45-e88c-5eb2-8947-7fcb5ad75dca","slug":"eric-and-ashley-english-v-jason-and-sara-barnett-et-al-d86145","caseName":"Eric and Ashley English\nvs. \nJason and Sara Barnett, et al.","caseNumber":"WD86145","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2024,"display_summary":"Eric and Ashley English appealed a trial court judgment that declared a gravel driveway easement on their property valid and enjoined them from preventing its use by their neighbors, Jason and Sara Barnett. The appellate court reversed, holding that the property developers failed to create a valid easement. The court found that the merger doctrine prevented the easement from taking effect when the developers owned all relevant property, and the subsequent deeds and plat lacked the necessary specificity to establish an easement running with the land, nor did the facts fit a narrow exception to the merger rule.","primaryTopic":"property-real-estate","topicSlugs":["property-real-estate","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=209416","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/eric-and-ashley-english-v-jason-and-sara-barnett-et-al-d86145","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"real-estate","label":"Real Estate","href":"/practice-areas/real-estate","score":38,"source":"tag","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/real-estate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}