Connoyer v. Schaeffer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlppeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action of ejectment to recover a portion of a common-field lot in St. Louis Prairie, confirmed and surveyed for widow Dodier or her legal representatives, under act of Congress of July 4, 1836. Por facts in this case, see 45 Mo. 139. The case is the same now as that presented in Connoyer v. Washington University, 36 Mo. 481. It was sufficient that the claim was presented and filed as required by law, and that the board…
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Jlppeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action of ejectment to recover a portion of a common-field lot in St. Louis Prairie, confirmed and surveyed for widow Dodier or her legal representatives, under act of Congress of July 4, 1836. Por facts in this case, see 45 Mo. 139. The case is the same now as that presented in Connoyer v. Washington University, 36 Mo. 481. It was sufficient that the claim was presented and filed as required by law, and that the board confirmed the claim to the original concessionee or her legal representatives. That confirmation passed the title as against…
1Opinion of the CourtCurrier, Judge
This and the case of Connoyer v. LaB'eaume, 45 Mo. 139, are identical in their controlling features. The testimony in the two cases was the same,¡except in one particular. In the case now before the court the plaintiff intrpduced, or sought to introduce, an additional piece of evidence for the purpose of showing that those from whom he seeks to deduce title were claimants before the land commissioners; It appears that Thomas F. Riddick and twelve others requested the recorder of land titles to make a record of all registered concessions found in certain books then in his office. The request…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Connoyer v. LaBeaume's HeirsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
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- Wilson v. ReevesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897