Meddis v. Kenney
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry G. Riley, Judge. (1) The court erred in the admission of evidence offered by respondent. The Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas has both common-law and probate jurisdiction. R. S. 1899, sec. 2, p. 2579. In the administration of the estate of John Albert, it was exercising its probate jurisdiction, and its procedure therein is governed by the law applicable to probate courts.
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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry G. Riley, Judge. (1) The court erred in the admission of evidence offered by respondent. The Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas has both common-law and probate jurisdiction. R. S. 1899, sec. 2, p. 2579. In the administration of the estate of John Albert, it was exercising its probate jurisdiction, and its procedure therein is governed by the law applicable to probate courts. The only authority for taking a cause from the probate court to the circuit court (except on appeal), is found in section 1760, Revised Statutes 1889. In the deed…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is an action of ejectment in statutory form to secure possession of the north half of lot three, range “A,” in the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, known as the John Albert homestead.
The suit was originally begun in the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas, against the defendant Nancy R. Kenney, the tenant in possession. After-wards, H. H. Albert, the landlord of the defendant Kenney, was, on his own application, made a party defendant, and the venue changed to the Cape Girardeau Circuit Court, where the cause was tried.by the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment for the…
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