DeLassus v. Faherty
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. — Son. James D. Fox, Judge. ' (1) Plaintiff must show title or right of possession in himself before he can disturb defendant’s possession, and must recover, if at all, on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of defendant. Poster v. Evans, 51 Mo. 39; West v. Bretelle, 115 Mo. 653; Siemers v. Schrader, 14 Mo.
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Appeal from Perry Circuit Court. — Son. James D. Fox, Judge. ' (1) Plaintiff must show title or right of possession in himself before he can disturb defendant’s possession, and must recover, if at all, on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of defendant. Poster v. Evans, 51 Mo. 39; West v. Bretelle, 115 Mo. 653; Siemers v. Schrader, 14 Mo. App. 346; Dunlap v. Henry, 76 Mo. 106; Parker v. Oassingham, 130 Mo. 348; Chenault v. Quisenberry (Kv.) 57 S. W. 234. (2) The owners of land bordering on navigable waters own only to high-water mark, and the title to the bed of…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
— This is an action in ejectment for land in Perry county and described as the fractional west half of fractional southwest quarter of section 3, in township 35 north, range 12 east, and also for, certain other land described as follows : “Beginning at the mouth of a branch on the, Mississippi river a short distance below the section line between sections 10 and 11, of fractional township 35 north, range 12 east, thence up said branch or main prong thereof to where the same intersects a north and south line passing through the center of section 10, thence north to the Mississippi river,…
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