Campbell v. Wood
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James Gtbson, Judge. (1) The court had no right to go behind the survey and plat and patent, and find the intention to convey any other land than that identified and described by such survey, plat and patents.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. James Gtbson, Judge. (1) The court had no right to go behind the survey and plat and patent, and find the intention to convey any other land than that identified and described by such survey, plat and patents. Gassan v. Phillips, 20 How. 372. (2) The acts of congress controlling this case are as follows: Act of February hi, 1.805, ch. 14, p. 313, 2 U. S. Statutes at large; Act of April 24, 1820, ch. 51, p. 566, 3 U. S. Statutes at large. (3) The comers actually located upon the ground í>y the survey as metes and bounds, established by the plat,…
1Opinion of the CourtBtjkgess, J.
Ejectment to recover possession of the northeast fractional quarter of section thirty-two, township fifty, range thirty-three, Jackson county, Missouri. Plaintiffs claim title under a patent issued by the United States in 1870 to David T. Campbell and Beuben H. Thurston. Thurston subsequently conveyed to Baker. Defendants claim through a patent issued by the United States to Q-abriel Predom for the southeast fractional quarter of same section, township and range south of the Missouri river containing 157 16-100 acres, according to the official survey. The patent is dated February 1, 1831.…
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