Case Name: In re the Marriage of Toby Ruth SLAY, Appellant, v. Alan Lee SLAY, Respondent; In re the Marriage of Janet Elaine GRAY, n/k/a Janet Elaine Graham, Appellant, v. Walter GRAY, Jr., Respondent; Phyllis Ann BELL, Respondent, v. David Leslie BELL, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-03-24
Citations: 965 S.W.2d 845
Docket Number: Nos. 80405 to 80407
Parties: In re the Marriage of Toby Ruth SLAY, Appellant, v. Alan Lee SLAY, Respondent. In re the Marriage of Janet Elaine GRAY, n/k/a Janet Elaine Graham, Appellant, v. Walter GRAY, Jr., Respondent. Phyllis Ann BELL, Respondent, v. David Leslie BELL, Appellant.
Judges: LIMBAUGH, ROBERTSON, COVINGTON and WHITE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 965
Pages: 845–847

Head Matter:
In re the Marriage of Toby Ruth SLAY, Appellant, v. Alan Lee SLAY, Respondent. In re the Marriage of Janet Elaine GRAY, n/k/a Janet Elaine Graham, Appellant, v. Walter GRAY, Jr., Respondent. Phyllis Ann BELL, Respondent, v. David Leslie BELL, Appellant.
Nos. 80405 to 80407.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.
March 24, 1998.
Nancy S. Everett, Clayton, for Appellant in No. 90405.
Susan M. Hais, Clayton, for Appellant in No. 80406.
Paul J. Vaporean, Jack J. Cavanagh, Jr., Clayton, for Appellant in No. 80407.
Richard B. Hein, Albert S. Watkins, St. Louis, for Respondent in No. 80405.
Bruce F. Hilton, Lawrence G. Gillespie, Kirkwood, for Respondent in No. 80406.
Phyllis Bell, St. Louis, Aaron S. Dubin, Vines, Frankel, Rubin, Bond & Dubin, P.C., Clayton, for Respondent in No. 80407.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In Slay, No. 80405, and Gray, No. 80406, a document entitled "JUDGMENT/ORDER" was filed. In Bell, No. 80407, a document entitled "JUDGMENT/DECREE OF DISSOLUTION" was filed. Each document is signed by "M. Zane Yates, Commissioner." In each case, a party appeals the "judgment" entered. Appeals dismissed.
Article V, section 1 of the state constitution vests the judicial power of this state in this Court, the court of appeals, and the circuit courts. These courts are composed of judges. Mo. Const. art. V, sections 2, 13, 15, and 16. Although the documents filed in these cases are denominated "judgment," they are not signed by a judge. Because the documents are not signed by a person selected for office in accordance with and authorized to exercise judicial power by article V of the state constitution, no final appealable judgment has been entered, and this Court is without jurisdiction.
The appeals are dismissed.
LIMBAUGH, ROBERTSON, COVINGTON and WHITE, JJ., concur.
HOLSTEIN, J., concurs in result in separate opinion filed.
BENTON, C.J., and PRICE, J., concur in opinion of HOLSTEIN, J.