Viti v. Dixon
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR TO -ST. LOUIS COURT OF COMMON 'FLEAS. Statement of the case. This was an action of ejectment brought by Vito Vit'i against D. W. Dixon, 'foV a house and lot of land in the city of St. Louis. On the trial of the cause it was admitted that at'the timo of the commencement of'the suit', cribed in tho plaintiff’s declaration, with knowledge of plaintiff’s claim of title thereto—holding ’such possession, and claiming under Louis Montany, and tho lien hereinafter mentioned.
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ERROR TO -ST. LOUIS COURT OF COMMON 'FLEAS. Statement of the case. This was an action of ejectment brought by Vito Vit'i against D. W. Dixon, 'foV a house and lot of land in the city of St. Louis. On the trial of the cause it was admitted that at'the timo of the commencement of'the suit', cribed in tho plaintiff’s declaration, with knowledge of plaintiff’s claim of title thereto—holding ’such possession, and claiming under Louis Montany, and tho lien hereinafter mentioned. That -on tho I8th day of Oct. ÍJÓ41, and until January 1843, Montany had the possession of the premises, and while in…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Birch
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Yiti against Dixon for a house and lot of land in the city of St. Louis.
From the statement agreed upon by their respective attorneys, it appears to have been admitted on the trial below “ that at the time of the commencement of the suit, and ever since the 8th of June, 1846, the defendant had been in possession of the premises described in the plaintiff’s declaration, with knowledge of the plaintiff’s claim of title thereto—holding such possession and claiming under Louis Montany, and the lien hereinafter…
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