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ten-year requirement in Missouri

12 Missouri opinions name it 2 courts 1987–2025 4 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Missouri courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (10)

CaseFollowedCited
Nutting v. Reisgreen
moctapp · 2010 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2016–2023
2 sentences

2023“A claimant may tack his period of adverse possession on to that of his predecessors to meet the ten-year requirement.” Id. (quoting Nutting v. Reis, 326 S.W.3d 127, 129 (Mo. App. S.D. 2010)).

2016“A claimant may táck his period of adverse possession on to that of his predecessors to meet the ten-year requirement.” Nutting v. Reis, 326 S.W.3d 127, 129 (Mo.App.2010).

22
Kitterman v. Simrallgreen
moctapp · 1996 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2009–2010
2 sentences

2010Kitterman v. Simrall, 924 S.W.2d 872, 876 (Mo.App.

2009Kitterman v. Simrall, 924 S.W.2d 872, 876 (Mo.App.1996).

22
Clark v. Ruarkgreen
moctapp · 2017 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
1 sentence

2023A movant “establishes the right to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating . . . facts necessary to support his properly pleaded affirmative defense.” Vescovo, 628 S.W.3d at 653 (quoting Clark v. Ruark, 529 S.W.3d 878, 881-82 (Mo. App. W.D. 2017)).

11
Pirtle v. Cookgreen
mo · 1997 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022See Pirtle, 956 S.W.2d at 246 .

11
White v. Emmanuel Baptist Churchgreen
moctapp · 2017 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021See Sections 516.110(1), 516.120; White, 519 S.W.3d at 926 (internal citation omitted).

11
Pike v. Williamsongreen
moctapp · 2011 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019“An adverse possession claimant may tack his possession to that of his predecessors in title to establish the requisite ten year period.” Id.; Pike v. Williamson, 403 S.W.3d 608, 612 (Mo. App. 2011).

11
Conduff v. Stonegreen
moctapp · 1998 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019To meet the burden of proof as to the ten-year requirement, the years of possession “must be consecutive, although they need not immediately precede the date of the suit to quiet title.” Conduff v. Stone, 968 S.W.2d 200, 203 (Mo. App. 1998).

11
Harness v. Wallacegreen
moctapp · 2005 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
1 sentence

2011Harness v. Wallace, 167 S.W.3d 288, 292 (Mo.App. 2005).

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Oxelgren v. Oxelgrengreen
texapp · 1984 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1987–1987
1 sentence

1987Oxelgren v. Oxelgren, 670 S.W.2d 411, 412 (Tex.App.1984); see also, Le Vine v. Spickelmier, 109 Idaho 341 , 707 P.2d 452, 455 (1985); In re Marriage of Wood, 66 Or.

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Le Vine v. Spickelmiergreen
idaho · 1985 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 1987–1987
2 sentences

1987Oxelgren v. Oxelgren, 670 S.W.2d 411, 412 (Tex.App.1984); see also, Le Vine v. Spickelmier, 109 Idaho 341 , 707 P.2d 452, 455 (1985); In re Marriage of Wood, 66 Or.

1987Oxelgren v. Oxelgren, 670 S.W.2d 411, 412 (Tex.App.1984); see also, Le Vine v. Spickelmier, 109 Idaho 341 , 707 P.2d 452, 455 (1985); In re Marriage of Wood, 66 Or.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Missouri. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Watson v. Mense green
mo · 2009
2 sentences

2025"A claimant may tack [its] period of adverse possession with that of [its] predecessors in order to meet the ten year requirement." Watson, 298 S.W.3d at 526 .

2011Watson, 298 S.W.3d at 526 .

22011–2025
Dorothy J. Soderholm and Beverly A. Soderholm v. Duane L. Nauman and Martha Ann Nauman green
moctapp · 2015
1 sentence

2023“A claimant may tack his period of adverse possession on to that of his predecessors to meet the ten-year requirement.” Id. (quoting Nutting v. Reis, 326 S.W.3d 127, 129 (Mo. App. S.D. 2010)).

12023–2023
Metro Auto Auction v. Director of Revenue green
mo · 1986
1 sentence

1992In support of his position, respondent cites this court to language in Metro Auto Auction v. Director of Revenue, 707 S.W.2d 397 (Mo. banc 1986), which states: This Court must be guided by what the legislature said, not by what the Court thinks it meant to say.

11992–1992
Matter of Marriage of Wood green
orctapp · 1984
1 sentence

1987Oxelgren v. Oxelgren, 670 S.W.2d 411, 412 (Tex.App.1984); see also, Le Vine v. Spickelmier, 109 Idaho 341 , 707 P.2d 452, 455 (1985); In re Marriage of Wood, 66 Or.

11987–1987

Where else courts name it

TX 19 (1990–2015) MO 12 (1987–2025) CT 7 (1993–2019) IN 5 (1983–2026) NY 4 (1914–2024) TN 4 (1983–2020) MS 4 (1998–2009) UT 4 (1997–2011) AK 3 (1991–2014) AL 3 (1972–2008) NJ 3 (1980–2014) WV 2 (1987–1993) SC 2 (1995–2009) CO 2 (2024–2024) PA 2 (2015–2017) NC 2 (1991–1999)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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