John Horner (“Hornerâ€�) appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County (“trial courtâ€�) ordering the partition sale of property that he owned as a co-tenant with Karen Tadych (“Tadychâ€�) and outlining the required disbursement of proceeds from that sale. On appeal, Horner argues that the trial court‟s judgment, particularly the trial court‟s disbursement award, is not sup... More...   $0 (03-08-2011 - MO)

With limited exceptions, this court’s jurisdiction to consider an otherwise timely appeal depends on whether the district court has entered a final judgment in the action below. NRAP 3A(b)(1). A final judgment is generally defined as one that resolves all of the parties’ claims and rights in the action, leaving nothing for the court’s future consideration except for post-judgment issues. ... More...   $0 (03-03-2011 - NV)

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment that disregarded a jury's finding awarding contract damages to the plaintiff. The principal issue presented is whether the district court would have abused its discretion in excluding a plaintiff's damages evidence for failure to disclose his basic damages contentions in discovery. Finding no abuse of discretion, we will affirm the district court's ju... More...   $0 (03-03-2011 - TX)

The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees Tom D. Skutca and Neaves A. Skutca on Appellant Will Ann Brewer’s claims against them for trespass and to quiet title and for declaratory relief regarding real property. Because we hold that the Skutcas did not establish their right to judgment as a matter of law, we reverse.

In 1965, Brewer and Betty Abbey purchase... More...   $0 (02-10-2011 - TX)

Tracie Coristine (wife) appeals from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by ordering the sale and partition of the marital home rather than awarding exclusive use and possession of the home to the wife until the youngest of the parties' three children reaches the age of majority. We affirm.

As a general ru... More...   $0 (02-07-2011 - FL)

This appeal arises out of a dispute among the beneficiaries and the trustee of a family trust regarding the allocation of expenses and losses incurred by the trust. To resolve the dispute, the beneficiaries of the trust, appellant and cross-appellee Anne Bryant Watkins and appellee and cross-appellant Jane Bryant Shurley, entered into a rule 11 settlement agreement specifying the manner in which t... More...   $0 (02-04-2011 - TX)

In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court correctly determined that a co-tenant with an undivided one-half interest in an improved parcel of real property had established the necessary elements to prove adverse possession as against the other co-tenants and, thus, was entitled to a judgment granting quiet title to the entire property in fee simple.

BACKGROUND

The parties ... More...   $0 (01-13-2011 - VA)

In this divorce action, Brenda Liz Viera, Appellant, appeals the trial court's division of the marital estate and the designation of Carmelo Manuel Viera, Appellee, as joint managing conservator of their minor children, alleging that the trial court abused its discretion. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Brenda and Carmelo were married in March 2005, and two children were born of the marriage. ... More...   $0 (01-12-2011 - TX)

In this divorce action, Brenda Liz Viera, Appellant, appeals the trial court's division of the marital estate and the designation of Carmelo Manuel Viera, Appellee, as joint managing conservator of their minor children, alleging that the trial court abused its discretion. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Brenda and Carmelo were married in March 2005, and two children were born of the marriage. ... More...   $0 (01-12-2011 - tX)

In her real estate partition action against William T. Malone, Wilma Jane Malone sought to receive, in kind, her one-half undivided interest in 241.475 acres[1] of land in Lamar County. After the parties followed a procedure not conforming with applicable rules, but not objected to by either party, the trial court awarded William the eastern 120.737 acres by a lake and awarded Wilma the western 1... More...   $0 (01-07-2011 - TX)

In her real estate partition action against William T. Malone, Wilma Jane Malone sought to receive, in kind, her one-half undivided interest in 241.475 acres[1] of land in Lamar County. After the parties followed a procedure not conforming with applicable rules, but not objected to by either party, the trial court awarded William the eastern 120.737 acres by a lake and awarded Wilma the western 1... More...   $0 (01-07-2011 - TX)

On February 28, 2007, a roof fire broke out at the Italian restaurant operated by LaBella Winnetka, Inc. in the Village of Winnetka, Illinois. The restaurant’s doors have remained closed since that date. LaBella blames the Village and its manager, Douglas Williams, for preventing it from reopening the restaurant. LaBella appeals the district court’s dismissal of its equal protection, substanti... More...   $0 (12-29-2010 - IL)

This appeal presents the question of whether, during a refereeship, a senior judgment lienholder may redeem property from a junior judgment creditor who purchased the debtor‟s property at an execution sale. To answer this question we must wade into the murky waters of our state‟s statutory redemption provisions, which our supreme court long ago described as “philological monstrosities, illus... More...   $0 (12-22-2010 - IA)

Jimmie Barnett appeals a judgment ordering him to pay to his former wife one-half of an early withdrawal penalty that was incurred when his sister, to whom he had granted power of attorney, removed former community property from an annuity.

Concluding that the trial court erred in denying Jimmie’s exception of insufficiency of service of process, we vacate the judgment and dismiss the cla... More...   $0 (12-22-2010 - LA)

This dispute pertains to the accounting and distribution of the estate of Caroline P. Feild, deceased. Appellant, Mary Feild Jarvis, appeals from an “Order Approving Account for Final Settlementâ€� signed by the trial court on February 23, 2010. By four issues, Jarvis, advancing pro se, argues that: (1) the trial court did not have jurisdiction over this case; (2) the trial court erroneously ... More...   $0 (12-21-2010 - TX)

Appellant, Lilia Mendoza, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees, Victor M. Ramirez, et al, otherwise known as the Ramirez Mineral Trust (“RMTâ€�), with respect to the title to the B-2 tract. On appeal, Ms. Mendoza argues the trial court erred because res judicata elements were not satisfied for a grant of summary judgment based on a prior federal condemnati... More...   $0 (12-15-2010 - TX)

The primary issue we address in this appeal concerns the construction of a divorce decree and whether, as a matter of law, it did or did not divest Appellant James Chafin of his interest in certain real property. In two issues, James argues that the trial court erred by granting summary judgment for Appellees Richard G. Isbell and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation and by denying his motion... More...   $0 (12-02-2010 - TX)

In these consolidated appeals, Debtor Larry James Grimlie1 appeals from three Orders in which the Bankruptcy Court2 (i) vacated and denied his discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2) and (a)(4)(A); (ii) sustained an objection to his homestead and farming equipment exemptions; and (iii) avoided fraudulent transfers to his wife and children under 11 U.S.C. § 548 and ordered the sale of his h... More...   $0 (11-15-2010 - MN)

[¶1] The district court consolidated two civil actions involving ownership disputes among neighboring landowners in Platte County, Wyoming. After a bench trial, the district court concluded that the appellants had not proven ownership of the disputed land through adverse possession, ordered their ejectment from a portion thereof, to which portion title was also quieted in the record owners, and o... More...   $0 (10-26-2010 - WY)

[¶1] Appellant Jerald Korwin Hofstad challenges the district court‟s judgment equally partitioning a home owned by him and Appellee Cathryn Anne Christie as tenants in common. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Mr. Hofstad lists four issues:

1. Did the district court below commit reversible error when it applied Alaska and Montana law and treated an unmarried couple as family members ... More...   $0 (10-07-2010 - WY)

Kimberly Lynn Nichols, Kerri Hanna and Kelly Lynn Donaldson (collectively Appellants) appeal from the trial court’s judgment awarding Joseph L. Donaldson (Respondent) $49,765.66 on their petition for partition and account and on Respondent’s counterclaim for quantum meruit. We reverse and remand.

Factual and Procedural Background

On March 23, 1992, Walter Donaldson (Donaldson... More...   $0 (09-28-2010 - MO)

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a partition action. Brent Warren Rankin ("Rankin") and his wife, Kimberly Webb ("Webb"), (collectively referred to as the "Rankins")1 contend that the trial court erred when it found that the respective interests owned by the Rankins and Evan Lee Hoit and Evelyn Jeanne Hoit (the "Hoits") in a residence at 1713 Jordan Street, Kearney, Missouri (the "Hous... More...   $0 (09-28-2010 - MO)

Appellants Agustin Maldonado, A. Maldonado Co., and the Agustin Maldonado, Jr. Revocable Trust (collectively the Maldonados), brought an action against Appellees Empire Land Company, Ltd., and Empire Truck Lines, Inc. (collectively Empire), for trespass, negligence, and trespass to try title. Empire counterclaimed for trespass to try title and the Maldonados amended their complaint, asserti... More...   $0 (08-19-2010 - )

This case concerns a three-acre tract of land known as Huxfield Cemetery and which party, Appellant or Respondents, may maintain control over the property. The special referee treated this dispute as an action to try title and ruled that because Respondents had superior title over Appellant, Respondents were entitled to maintain control over the cemetery and were permitted to charge a burial fee... More...   $0 (08-16-2010 - SC)

In 2008, plaintiffs Amelia Peters Bingham and her son, Steven, brought a Takings Clause claim against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Mashpee, seeking just compensation and the return of some of the lands in Massachusetts they say were granted in perpetuity to their ancestors, the South Sea Indians, in deeds from 1665 and 1667. Plaintiffs styled this claim as a class act... More...   $0 (07-30-2010 - MA)