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Missouri Appeals Court rejects couple’s ownership claim to 40-foot road through neighbour’s land

A Missouri couple who bought land without road access secured a legal route through their neighbour’s property, but a dispute over who would own that road led to an appeal. On August 26, 2026, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a ruling that would have transferred ownership of the road to the couple, Clint Bowen and Morgan Bowen. According to the court’s opinion, published by Justia in Bowen v. Roeder, the couple qualified for a private road because their property had no public road access. However, the law entitled them to a permanent easement, not ownership of the land beneath the road.

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