City of Hannibal v. Draper
Supreme Court of Missouri
That the plat, when filed by Glasscock, operated as a dedication of the lots in question, to the county sf Marion, for “public usesj” according to the provisions of the act of the legislature, entitled, “an act concerning towns and villages,” approved February 20th, 1835: See Rev. Stat. 1835, page 599, the law governing the case.
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That the plat, when filed by Glasscock, operated as a dedication of the lots in question, to the county sf Marion, for “public usesj” according to the provisions of the act of the legislature, entitled, “an act concerning towns and villages,” approved February 20th, 1835: See Rev. Stat. 1835, page 599, the law governing the case. By the first section of this act, it is, in effect, enacted that the proprietor of the town or village shall, in the plats which he files, particularly set forth and designate : First, all the parcels of ground within such town, reserved for public purposes by their…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.5
delivered th-e opinion of the court.
This was an action in the nature of an ejectment, instituted by the appellant against the appellee, for the recovery of the possession of lots three and four, in block twenty-six, on the plat of the town of Hannibal. In consequence of adverse instructions, the plaintiff submitted to a non suit, and afterwards brought the cause to this court.
It appears that in the year 1836, Stephen Glascock filed in the office of the Recorder of Marion county, a duly acknowledged plat of the town of Hannibal. The town is laid off fronting the Mississippi river,…
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