Marmaduke v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Macon Circuit Cowrt. This was an action against the Hannibal and St. Joseph Eailroad Company and others to determine and quiet the title to several pieces of land. Plaintiffs, as appears from the petition, claim title to said lands as a portion of the swamp lands given to the state of Missouri by act of Congress of September 28, 1850, and granted by the state to Macon county by act of March 8, 1851, and acquired under the county by plaintiffs.
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Error to Macon Circuit Cowrt. This was an action against the Hannibal and St. Joseph Eailroad Company and others to determine and quiet the title to several pieces of land. Plaintiffs, as appears from the petition, claim title to said lands as a portion of the swamp lands given to the state of Missouri by act of Congress of September 28, 1850, and granted by the state to Macon county by act of March 8, 1851, and acquired under the county by plaintiffs. The Hannibal and St. Joseph Eailroad Company claimed to own said lands under act of Congress of June 10, 1852; and of the state, of September…
1Opinion of the CourtEwing, Judge
This was a proceeding in the nature of a bill of peace, and the case is not distinguishable from that of Patterson & wife v. McCamant, 28 Mo. 211.
Judgment affirmed; the other judges concurring.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Patterson v. McCamantSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
3Cited by1 opinion
- Sills v. GoodyearMissouri Court of Appeals · 1899