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FALLIN v. McCLAIN

No. 12447.

639 S.W.2d 391 (1982)

Esther FALLIN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Grant V. McCLAIN and Patricia Jo McClain, Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

September 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren R. Honecker, Springfield, for defendants-appellants.

Ivella McWhorter Elsey, Robert M. Sweere, Springfield, for plaintiff-respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal must be dismissed because, for lack of a final judgment, it is premature. "A judgment is the final determination of the right of the parties in the action." § 511.020.1 With exceptions not applicable here, § 512.020 requires, as a predicate for an appeal, "any final judgment in the case."

"[N]o matter how many counts there may be in a petition, there can be but one final judgment in the case. That...

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