Norfleet v. Russell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene County Circuit Court. Stevens vs. Hampton, 46 Mo. 404 ; Bishop vs. Schneider, 46 Mo. 472 ; Ryan vs. Carr, 46 Mo. 483 ; Mastin vs. Halley, 61 Mo. 196 ; Chouteau vs. Burlando, 20 Mo. 482; Geary vs. Kansas City, 61 Mo. 378 ; .Heddon vs. Overton, 4Bibb. 406 ; Griffin vs. Sheffield, 38 Miss. 359 ; Snead vs. Ward, 5 Dana, 187; Smith vs. Dill, 13 Cal. 510.
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, Judge
This is an action by ejectment to recover the possession of parts of lots 17 and 18 in the city of Springfield. The answer of defendants denies specifically the allegations of the petition, and avers that the defendant Kershner, and those under whom he claimed, had been in the actual, open and notorious possession of the lots in suit for ten years prior to the commencement of *177the action. The adverse possession of defendant was denied by replication.
On the trial plaintiff offered a large number of deeds in support of his title, and several of them being rejected by the court, plaintiff took…
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