KNOX COUNTY COURT v. BENSON

No. 49510.

706 S.W.2d 215 (1985)

KNOX COUNTY COURT, Respondent, v. Ward BENSON, Jr., et al., Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Northern Division.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Dial, Memphis, for appellants.

William E. Alberty, Edina, for respondent.


REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff sued for specific performance of a contract to maintain bridges on a county line road. Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff. We reverse.

Knox County adjoins Scotland County and the present litigation involves a 5½ mile segment of road that lies on the county line which separates the two. On March 5, 1951, the Judges of the two County Courts entered into and signed the following written agreement:

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