Looney v. Reeves

This is an action brought in the District Court of Ellsworth county, by William H. Reeves and James O. Reeves, to recover from Ozroe B. Looney fifteen hundred dollars damages, upon an alleged breach of covenants contained in a deed of general warranty to 120 acres of land in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The plaintiffs recovered a judgment for $649.65 ; and the defendant, as plaintiff in error, has brought the case to this court.

The evidence preserved in the record clearly shows, that on October 29, 1890, Looney claimed to be the owner of said real estate, and that Mrs. Mary Reeves, the…