Opinion ID: 1766673
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Heading: Quiet Title Description

Text: Judgments should describe with reasonable certainty the land adjudicated therein, both in ejectment and actions to determine title. Hart v. T.L. Wright Lumber Co., 355 Mo. 397, 196 S.W.2d 272, 278 (1946). Mere reference to a fence in a judgment, without further description of that fence's actual location, is not a description with reasonable certainty. See Lollar v. Maness, 765 S.W.2d 695, 700 (Mo.App.1989). Here, the final judgment quieting title states that the new borderline is the fence line between the [southeast] quarter-quarter and Defendants' property south of it. Therefore, the judgment establishing the border as the fence line is affirmed, but on remand the trial court shall take the steps necessary to determine by metes and bounds the location of the fence line in conformity with its previous ruling.