Gatewood v. Hart
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. I. It is the settled law that a purchaser for value, without notice of a deed previously made but acknowledged before a justice of the peace of a county different from the one where the land lies, obtains the title as against such deed'; also, that the record of such deed as to all purchasers prior to 1847, is a nullity and imparts no notice.
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•Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. I. It is the settled law that a purchaser for value, without notice of a deed previously made but acknowledged before a justice of the peace of a county different from the one where the land lies, obtains the title as against such deed'; also, that the record of such deed as to all purchasers prior to 1847, is a nullity and imparts no notice. (Bishop vs. Schneider, 46 Mo., 472-479, et seq.; Stevens vs. Hampton, 46 Mo., 404; Ryan vs. Carr, 46 Mo., 483 ; Musick vs. Barney, 49 Mo., 458 ; Briggs vs. Henderson, 49 Mo., 531-536.) II. The act of 2nd Feb. 1847…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, Judge
Action of ejectment for the west half of the north-east quarter of section 14, in township 50, of range 6 west, situate in Montgomery County. The answer admitted possession of the land sued for, but denied the other allegations of the petition;
The cause was tried on the following agreed statement of facts: “That one Isaac Y. Herrick was the patentee of the land in controversy, and in March, 1837, conveyed the land situ*263ated in Montgomery County, Missouri, along with other lands situated in Balls, Audrain and Pike Counties, to one J. D., Fyler, by a deed acknowledged before a justice of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bishop v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
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