M'Nair v. Lane

Tompkins, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.*

This was an action of ejectment, commenced in the St. Louis Circuit Court, by the defendant in error, for the recovery of a house and lot, situate in the city of St. Louis.

Upon the trial in the Court below, the plaintiff produced a witness to prove that the defendants claimed title to the premises in question under a certain William Schlater. The plaintiff then produced and gave in evidence the record of a judgment in favor of Theodore Hunt, against said William Schlater, and of the execution issued thereon, and of its return. By this record it…