Lackey v. Seibert
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action in tbe nature of an action of ejectment to recover possession of a lot in the city of St. Louis. The answer denies the title of plaintiff, and asserts title in August Seibert, the principal defendant, under whom the other defendants were holding as tenants. Both parties claim title under Eugene Riehl.
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•Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action in tbe nature of an action of ejectment to recover possession of a lot in the city of St. Louis. The answer denies the title of plaintiff, and asserts title in August Seibert, the principal defendant, under whom the other defendants were holding as tenants. Both parties claim title under Eugene Riehl. The title of the plaintiff is based upon ijhe following facts shown in proof on the trial: On the 6th day of February, 1854, Lackey filed in the office of the Law Commissioner of St. Louis county a petition against Eugene Riehl, demanding one…
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard, Judge
The questions submitted to us in this case are, whether the Law Commissioner’s Court of this county may proceed by attachment, and, if so, whether the proceedings here were sufficient to bind the estate of the defendant in the land from the 6th of February, 1854, (the time when the attachment was levied,) so as to conclude a purchaser from him subsequent to that time; and we think both questions must be answered in the affirmative.
1. We refer to the case of Watson against the County of St. Louis, (16 Mo. 91,) for an account of the legislation in relation to this court, from its origin to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Watson v. County of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
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