Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Nov 19, 2019
Keith Reynolds, Respondent, vs. Keith Robben and David Kullberg, Appellants.
Keith Reynolds filed a landlord-tenant action against Keith Robben and David Kullberg for unpaid rent and possession of property, and an associate circuit judge entered judgment for Reynolds. Robben and Kullberg appealed this judgment. The appellate court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, clarifying that under the current version of § 512.180.1, the proper procedural remedy for Chapter 535 landlord-tenant actions tried without a jury before an associate circuit judge is a trial de novo, not a direct appeal to the appellate court.