Sneathen v. Sneathen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from DeKaTb Circuit Court. — Hon. Jos. P. G-rubb, Judge. (1) Tile plaintiffs nowhere allege, directly or by implication, that they or either of them were in the possession of the lands in controversy, and there is nothing, if the allegations of the petition are true, to prevent them from successfully prosecuting their suit by ejectment. Graves v. Swart, 99 Mo. 13 ; Davis v. Sloan, 95 Mo. 552 ; Dyer v. Bannock, 66 Mo. 216 ; Clark v. Ins.
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Appeal from DeKaTb Circuit Court. — Hon. Jos. P. G-rubb, Judge. (1) Tile plaintiffs nowhere allege, directly or by implication, that they or either of them were in the possession of the lands in controversy, and there is nothing, if the allegations of the petition are true, to prevent them from successfully prosecuting their suit by ejectment. Graves v. Swart, 99 Mo. 13 ; Davis v. Sloan, 95 Mo. 552 ; Dyer v. Bannock, 66 Mo. 216 ; Clark v. Ins. Co., 52 Mo. 270; Cage v. Griffin, 103 111. 41; Gage v. Abbott, 99 111. 366 ; Harden v. Jones, 86 111. 313. (2) The petition itself admitted the…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
— William Sneathen died on April 25, 1881. Prior thereto and on March 24, 1881, he and his wife, Perdilla, executed a deed purporting to convey the home place, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of land, to Malcom Anderson, Emory Anderson and William Anderson, who are the grandchildren of Wiliam Sneathen, by his first marriage, the grantors reserving in the deed a life-estate to themselves. The plaintiffs in this case are also children and grandchildren of William Sneathen by his first marriage, and by this suit they seek to set aside that deed.
The substantial averments of the…
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