Mathis v. Melton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — lion. Almon Ing, Judge. (1) Several of the defendants are barred as to lots 15 and 16 by the ten-year Statute of Limitations. Sec. 1879, R. S. 1909. (2) Under the terms of Secs. 1884 and 1882, R. S. 1909, all the defendants are barred as to all the land. Coverture or minority does not bar the operation of the thirty-year statute. Collins v. Pease, 146 .Mo.' 135; DeHatre v. Edmonds, 200 Mo. 246; Scannell v. Am. etc.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — lion. Almon Ing, Judge. (1) Several of the defendants are barred as to lots 15 and 16 by the ten-year Statute of Limitations. Sec. 1879, R. S. 1909. (2) Under the terms of Secs. 1884 and 1882, R. S. 1909, all the defendants are barred as to all the land. Coverture or minority does not bar the operation of the thirty-year statute. Collins v. Pease, 146 .Mo.' 135; DeHatre v. Edmonds, 200 Mo. 246; Scannell v. Am. etc. Co., 161 Mo. 606; Campbell v. Greer, 209 Mo. 199; Crain v. Peterman, 200 Mo. 295. (3) lion-payments of taxes need not be established by direct…
1Opinion of the Court
Land title suit under the provisions of Section 1970, Revised Statutes 1919. The land involved is described as: "All of Lots 13, 15 and 16 of the Southwest quarter of Section 31, Township 26 north, Range 8 east, in Butler County, Missouri."
The petition is in usual form, alleging that plaintiffs are the owners in fee simple of said property; that defendants make an adverse claim, and plaintiffs pray for an ascertainment and determination of the interests of the parties litigant, and that defendants be divested of their apparent interest and the title made to repose in plaintiffs.
The defendants…
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