St. Louis, Missouri Legal Blog

HSB Attorneys Trent Bond and Bradley Mitchell represented the purchaser of real property at a foreclosure sale in an action seeking to set aside that foreclosure sale and to quiet title in his name.  The Plaintiff brought his claim because he believed that the sale...

HSB Attorneys Trent Bond and Grant Mabie represented a commercial property owner in a partition suit that was resolved and settled.  Later, the other party in the suit brought a new lawsuit claiming rent owed, damage to the property, and breach of fiduciary duty. ...

In this case, the owner of real property filed a cause of action for inverse condemnation against a quasi-governmental entity.  However, the Court determined that the entity had already acquired a prescriptive flood easement over the property due to the inaction of...

Plaintiffs filed a Complaint, with alternative theories of adverse possession and a prescriptive easement, to quiet title to a 16-foot wide strip of land running between the parties' properties.  However, the 16-foot strip of land was statutorily dedicated property...

HSB Attorneys John Hein and Nathan Risch represented homeowners in a property dispute with an electric company concerning the ownership of lakefront property.  After the electric company had obtained summary judgment against the homeowners at the Trial Court, the firm...

Cases involving unlawful detainer typically arise when there is no lease agreement or the lease has expired but the tenant simply refuses to leave the property.  In a recent case involving unlawful detainer and the defense that the property was not habitable, the...

Stewart Schneider recently provided expert witness trial testimony in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri regarding the law of easements in Missouri.  Stewart was asked to opine on whether or not certain facts established a prescriptive easement over and...

The new law will overhaul Missouri provisions regarding punitive damages and unlawful merchandising practices.  As for punitive damages, the new law raises the standard so that such damages can only be awarded if the plaintiff proves by "clear and convincing evidence"...

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