Drainage District Number 23 of New Madrid County v. Hetlage

In order to better understand the issues in this' lease, the pleadings are set out at length. Omitting the formal parts, the petition-and amended answer follow:

Petition.

I Plaintiff states that it is now and was at all times hereinafter Imentioned, a corporation formed, organized, and existing under and Iby virtue of the laws of the State of Missouri, relative to Drain-lage Districts.

I Plaintiff further states that on the 30th day of October, 1934, the |iollowing described real estate situated in New Madrid County, Mis-louri, to-wit:

South one-half (!) of Section Twenty-two (22), Township…