Shaw v. Armstrong

[ 852] This is an action to quiet title. The first amended petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Clinton County, Missouri, December 21, 1948. A separate answer was filed by defendant, John A. Livingstone. The cause was tried April 7, 1949, and judgment rendered for plaintiffs. Defendant, John A. Livingstone, appealed.

The petition is in regular form and states that plaintiffs are the joint owners in fee simple of the lands described in the petition, having acquired same by purchase under a deed dated May 6, 1948, from Robert IT. Frost, who held title to said land as trustee for the County…