Keaton v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court.W. 8. G. Walicer, Judge. (1) The court will take judicial knowledge that the land in question was on the 6th day of May, 1869, in Stoddard county. Woods ex rel. v. Henry, 55 Mo. 563; Parker v. Burston, 172 Mo. 87; 17 Am; & Eng. Eney.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court.W. 8. G. Walicer, Judge. (1) The court will take judicial knowledge that the land in question was on the 6th day of May, 1869, in Stoddard county. Woods ex rel. v. Henry, 55 Mo. 563; Parker v. Burston, 172 Mo. 87; 17 Am; & Eng. Eney. Law (2 Ed.), pp. 912-3; State v. Pennington, 124 Mo. 321; 1 G-reenleaf on Evidence (6 Ed.), p. 10. (2) The land in question being in Stoddard county on the 6th day of May, 1869, and at that time belonging to Stoddard county and being on that day conveyed to Lewis M. Ring-er, the change of - the county boundary between New Madrid…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, C.
Suit instituted in the circuit court for New Madrid county, July 13, 1910, by petition to ascertain and determine the title to all that part of section seven of township twenty-four of range thirteen lying west of Little river in New Madrid county. The petition included Paul Hamilton, Albert M. Wiles”, William P. Richards, the respondents in this appeal, as defendants. It stated that the land was wild and uncultivated, and not in the actual possession of any one. The cause was transferred by change of venue to the circuit court for Stoddard county, where it was tried without a jury…
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