Goff v. Roberts

This is an action of ejectment for lot 41 in the town of Murphysburg, Jasper county, Missouri. The petition is in the ordinary form, and the answer was a general denial of all the allegations in the petition, and, in addition, several special defenses, among them, that plaintiff’s claim is by purchase under a deed of trust executed by the defendant and his wife, Anna Roberts; that the title was vested in said Anna at the date of the deed, and that she did not execute it as the law directs; that the note was obtained through fraud. There was a reply, consisting of a general denial of the new…