Stone v. Kansas City & Westport Belt Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in not declaring as a matter of law that respondent was not entitled to recover. (a) There was no showing that the United States had ever parted with its title to the land.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in not declaring as a matter of law that respondent was not entitled to recover. (a) There was no showing that the United States had ever parted with its title to the land. Sec. 4 of the 5th Clause, Act of Admission, Stats. 1909, p. 38; See. 6316, R. S. 1909; Stephenson v. Stephenson, 71 Mo. 127. (b) The trust deed from Campbell to Swearingen did not sufficiently describe the land, (c) The trustee’s deed under the above deed did not sufficiently describe the land, (d) The sale.by substitute trustee and…
1Opinion of the Court
ROY, 0.
This is a proceeding to quiet title to real estate. There was a judgment for plaintiff from which defendant has appealed.
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The petition was filed September 26,1908, and contains the following: “Plaintiff for his cause of action against said defendants states that he is the owner of all of lots 101 and 104 in Campbell’s Addition to the town of West-port, now a part of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, except a right of way over and across said lots, extending for a distance of ten feet on each side of the center line of the present railroad now located over *66and across said…
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