by e-LawLines | Dec 4, 2014 | Real Estate Law
In Missouri, residential sale contracts are generally boilerplate agreements that contain a number of fill-in-the-blanks which are used to identify the key terms of the sale. These boilerplate agreements almost always contain an attorneys’ fees provision tucked...
by e-LawLines | Oct 31, 2014 | Homeowner Associations, Real Estate Law
Quite frequently, the homeowners association (“HOA”) of a subdivision will want to amend, remove or add provisions to the governing documents, generally called an indenture, restrictive covenants or covenants and restrictions. Changes can be relatively...
by e-LawLines | Aug 25, 2014 | Commercial Law, Employment Law, Real Estate Law, Taxation
The Missouri Legislature passed 211 pieces of legislation in the 2014 session. Six of those were joint resolutions, which will appear on the August or November ballot. Twenty-one were concurrent resolutions, which express the will of the Legislature but do not change...
by e-LawLines | Jul 31, 2014 | Contract Law, Real Estate Law
In the case of Commercial Resource Group, LLC v. The J.M. Smucker Company, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was faced with the sticky situation of determining whether The J.M. Smucker Company (“Smucker”) should be required to pay rent for...
by e-LawLines | Apr 29, 2014 | Homeowner Associations, Real Estate Law
Most active subdivision and condominium associations in Missouri are nonprofit corporations. Those associations are created and empowered, under their respective indentures and declarations, to enforce the covenants, terms and conditions applicable to their...
by e-LawLines | Jan 8, 2014 | Homeowner Associations, Litigation, Real Estate Law
The Missouri Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a condominium owners association against its former president on grounds that the claim was untimely and barred by the statute of limitations. Back in 2001, a former president informed the...
