Case Name: IRON MOUNTAIN LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC., INC., Appellant, v. Goldie M. WILLIAMS et al., Respondents
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1980-05-13
Citations: 599 S.W.2d 521
Docket Number: Nos. 41192 and 41196 to 41200
Parties: IRON MOUNTAIN LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC., INC., Appellant, v. Goldie M. WILLIAMS et al., Respondents.
Judges: DOWD, P. J., and REINHARD and CRIST, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 599
Pages: 521–522

Head Matter:
IRON MOUNTAIN LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOC., INC., Appellant, v. Goldie M. WILLIAMS et al., Respondents.
Nos. 41192 and 41196 to 41200.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.
May 13, 1980.
Robert J. Blackwell, Flat River, for appellant.
Robert L. Brown, Arnold, for respondents.

Opinion:
CLEMENS, Senior Judge.
Plaintiff not-for-profit corporation, owner of streets, park and lake in a resort area, sued six defendant lot owners for annual dues authorized in its by-laws. Defendants were not members of plaintiff association nor had ever paid dues. Plaintiff's claim of authority to levy assessments is by its deed from the original owner; that instrument however merely declared lot owners were "entitled to membership" in plaintiff association subject to its by-laws.
The trial court properly found defendants had never obligated themselves to pay the assessments. We find no error of law and affirm defendants' judgments in accord with Rule 84, 16 V.A.M.R.
DOWD, P. J., and REINHARD and CRIST, JJ., concur.