Morgan v. Stoddard
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. J. W. Alexander, Judge. (1) The patent from the United States to the State of Missouri, from the State of Missouri to Chariton county, and from Chariton county to plaintiff, vested in plaintiff the legal title to the land described in plaintiff’s petition. Kennedy v. Daniels, 20 Mo. 104; Snow v. Cunningham, 82 Mo. 587; Romain v. Lewis, 39 Mich. 235; Carpenter v. Ingersol, 43 Mich. 433; United States v. Stone, 2 Wall.
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Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. J. W. Alexander, Judge. (1) The patent from the United States to the State of Missouri, from the State of Missouri to Chariton county, and from Chariton county to plaintiff, vested in plaintiff the legal title to the land described in plaintiff’s petition. Kennedy v. Daniels, 20 Mo. 104; Snow v. Cunningham, 82 Mo. 587; Romain v. Lewis, 39 Mich. 235; Carpenter v. Ingersol, 43 Mich. 433; United States v. Stone, 2 Wall. (U. S.) 535; French v. Fyan, 93 U. S. 172; Steele v. Railroad, 106 U. S. 447; Heeler v. Gist, 27 Ark. 301; Boynton v. Haggart, 120…
1Opinion of the Court
BRACE, P. J. —
This is an action in ejectment to recover possession of the following described real estate situate in the county of Livingston, to-wit: “All of that part of the west half of the northwest quarter of section four in township fifty-six, range twenty-one, lying west of Locust creek, containing sixty-five acres, more or less.” The petition is in common form. The answer, after admitting possession, is a general denial. The case was tried before the court without a jury; finding and judgment were for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
The land in controversy was swamp land within…
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