Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Jul 23, 2019
Stephens Cemetery, Est. 1864, Inc., et al., Respondents, vs. Wilma Elizabeth Tyler, Appellant.
Wilma Elizabeth Tyler appealed a judgment quieting title to a cemetery in favor of Stephens Cemetery, Est. 1864, Inc., and individual respondents. The trial court found title to a 3.11-acre cemetery vested in the public and charged the Corporation with its maintenance. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that the individual respondents lacked standing, the Corporation could not claim adverse possession, the trial court erred in allowing an amendment to pleadings, and there was no legal basis to vest title of the disputed land in the public or through adverse possession.