Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Date unavailable
Ida Catherine Adams, f/k/a Ida Catherine Watring, Appellant, v. Diane Ware, et al., Respondents.
Ida Catherine Adams, who held a life estate in a property, appealed the trial court's denial of her unlawful detainer petition against Diane Ware and others (Respondents). The trial court had found Adams' action barred by a three-year statute of limitations and that no landlord-tenant relationship existed between Adams and Respondents. The appellate court reversed, holding that the statute of limitations for unlawful detainer begins to run upon written demand for possession, which Adams made within the statutory period. The court affirmed that no landlord-tenant relationship existed between the parties. The case was remanded for entry of judgment consistent with the opinion.