Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Boorn
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided October 15, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from. Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, C.
The plaintiff, on the 18th day of February, 1879, sued in ejectment for the recovery of forty acres of land in Livingston county. The petition was in the usual form, and the answer consisted of a general denial. The evidence produced at the trial is supplied by a statement in the bill of exceptions of its tendency and import.
It is recited that the plaintiff' introduced evidence tending to prove a title in himself under the act of congress of June 10th, 1852, granting lands to the State of Missouri for the construction of certain railroads, and the statute of the State of September…
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