[1–3] Because the deed Empire relies upon granted Empire only a flowage easement, not fee-simple title, the circuit court erred as a matter of law in declaring in its "Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Judgment" ("the Judgment") that Empire "owns fee simple title to the Disputed Property." Accordingly, we reverse the Judgment and remand the matter for further proceedings consistent with this opinion and our opinion in Predovic v. Empire Dist. Elec. Co., No. SD 37922, 684 S.W.3d 734 (Mo. App. S.D. Feb. 14, 2024) ("Predovic II").Although both parties initially filed crossmotions for summary judgment, presenting and responding to asserted numbered paragraphs of Statements of Uncontroverted Material Facts ("SUMF"), the parties effectively abandoned those motions by failing to follow the process set forth in Rule 74.04 in favor of stipulating to 177 evidentiary facts that they presented to the circuit court in a joint "Stipulation-Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts[.]"