Griffith v. Deerfelt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Charles Circuit Court. The rejection of the claim of Griffith by the register was conclusive against his rights. The further proceedings, after this rejection, and after the expiration of the preemption laws, were without authority, and the patent issued thereon is void. Morton v. Blankenship., 5 Mo.
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Appeal from Si. Charles Circuit Court. The rejection of the claim of Griffith by the register was conclusive against his rights. The further proceedings, after this rejection, and after the expiration of the preemption laws, were without authority, and the patent issued thereon is void. Morton v. Blankenship., 5 Mo. Rep. 856. Groom v. Hill, 9 ib. 323. O’Hanlon v. Perry, ib. 809. Perry v. O’Hanlon, 11 ib. 589. Pettigrew v. Shirley, 9 ib. 687. McDaniel v. Or-ton,, 12 ib. 12. Patterson v. Winn, 11 Wheat. 380. Stod-dard v. Chambers, 2. How. 318. Ib. 344. 1. A patent is a better title than an…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
This was an action of ejectment to recover a tract of land in St. Charles county. The plaintiffs claimed under a patent from the United States, dated April 10, 1843, conveying the land to Daniel Griffith, the ancestor of the plaintiffs. The entry on which this patent issued was made January 23, 1839, under a claim to a preemption; the claim having been exhibited to the register and receiver in June, 1836. The defendants claimed under an entry made on the 4th of March, 1836, and gave evidence to invalidate Griffith’s claim to a preemption. The Circuit Court instructed the jury that the patent…
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