Foster v. Evans

This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of a tract of land in the county of Scott. The plaintiffs claim title by virtue of an entry at the United- States Land Office at Ironton, Missouri, dated May 17, 1857, made by Abraham Hunter. No patent was, however, shown to have been issued on this entry. The plaintiffs also set up a judgment in ejectment in the name of said Hunter, rendered against the defendant in 1861, for this land, but it was not shown what titles were investigated etnd passed upon in that ejectment suit. The plaintiffs then gave evidence conducing to show that the…