Meriwether v. Howe
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The complaint Roes not state that plaintiff was in the actual possession of the land, nor does the proof show actual prior possession. The proof clearly shows a trespass and scrambling possession. Dyer n. Reitz, 14 Mo. App. 45 ; Kennedy v. Pruitt, 24 Mo.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The complaint Roes not state that plaintiff was in the actual possession of the land, nor does the proof show actual prior possession. The proof clearly shows a trespass and scrambling possession. Dyer n. Reitz, 14 Mo. App. 45 ; Kennedy v. Pruitt, 24 Mo. App. 419 ; Conroy, v. Duane, 54 Cal. 597; Anderson v. Mills, 40 Ark. 192 ; Miller v. Noriliwp, 49 Mo. 400; Bartlett r>. Draper, 23 Mo. 407. (2) The proof shows defendant in possession of lands on the north side of the Missouri river. The complaint describes lands on the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This was an action of forcible entry and detainer. The complaint alleged, that on the eighteenth day of November, 1883, and long before that time the plaintiff was in the peaceable possession of the following described tract of land in Jackson county: “ Beginning at a point on the state line between Missouri and Kansas, thirty-six poles south of the northwest corner of section 6, township 49 north, range 33 west; thence east thirty-eight poles and three links; thence northerly parallel to the state line about eighty poles to the Missouri river; thence westerly up the bank of said river to the…
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