Underwood v. City of Caruthersville
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry C. Riley, Judge. (1) There was no error in permitting C. B. Faris to testify that the defendant acquired the title to the lot in question from Mrs. Roberts and she from J. D. Tinsley, and the city and its grantors had been in the actual, open, notorious and peaceable possession of the lot in question since 1872. Dyer v. Reitz, 14 Mo. App. 45; Degrew v. Prior, 60 Mo. 56; Keen v. Schweigler, 70 Mo.
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry C. Riley, Judge. (1) There was no error in permitting C. B. Faris to testify that the defendant acquired the title to the lot in question from Mrs. Roberts and she from J. D. Tinsley, and the city and its grantors had been in the actual, open, notorious and peaceable possession of the lot in question since 1872. Dyer v. Reitz, 14 Mo. App. 45; Degrew v. Prior, 60 Mo. 56; Keen v. Schweigler, 70 Mo. App. 409; Buck v. Endicott, 103 Mr. App. 248; Rochester v. Mining Co., 86 Mo. App. 447; Milem v. Freeman, 136 Mo„ App. 117; Willis v. Stevens, 24 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This is an action for forcible entry and unlawful detainer for a strip of land twelve feet wide and thirty-five feet long. It appears that the defendant was the owner of a lot in the city of Caruthersville, fronting on George street on which it had its public buildings. That the plaintiff claimed to be the owner and was in possession of a lot immediately back of the city lot and the land in controversy is a strip of ground between these two lots. The controversy arises out of the fact that the parties disagree as to the division line between them. The defendant had, in 1896, or ’97, erected a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Swayze v. BrideMissouri Court of Appeals · 1889
- Dyer v. ReitzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884
- Meriwether v. HoweMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Sitton v. SappMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
- Redman v. PerkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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- Underwood v. City of CaruthersvilleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1917
- Underwood v. City of CaruthersvilleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911