Dent v. Bingham
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The confirmation by act of 13th June, 1812, is a grant by the government, which is not to be construed as the deed of an individual, most strongly against the grantor, but by it nothing passes except what is necessary to effectuate the purpose of the grantor.- — -11 Peters’ Reports, Warren Bridge vs. Charles River Bridge; 6 Peters, Arredondo’s ease.
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APPEAL from the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The confirmation by act of 13th June, 1812, is a grant by the government, which is not to be construed as the deed of an individual, most strongly against the grantor, but by it nothing passes except what is necessary to effectuate the purpose of the grantor.- — -11 Peters’ Reports, Warren Bridge vs. Charles River Bridge; 6 Peters, Arredondo’s ease. The title under that confirmation is not now more extensive than when the act was passed, and embraces no other land than was then granted. The extent/of the confirmation is to be ascertained from…
1DissentNafton, Judge
This was an action of ejectmeht, to recover a lot of ground, in St. Louis county, lying south of the river Des Peres, and embraced within a survey of the supposed commons of the town of Carondelet. The plaintiff held a lease for ninety-nine years, from the board of trustees of Carondelet.
The town of Carondelet was incorporated in 1832, by the County Court of Saint Louis, by virtue of the authority vested in said court, by an act of the General Assembly, approved 16th January, 1825, entitled, “An Act to provide for the incorporation of towns.”
The lease made to the plaintiff (below) was in the…
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