Roberts v. St. Louis Merchants' Land Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Yalliant, Judge. (1) Tbe court, by its decree in the partition case, found that defendants were all “duly notified” in accordance with its previous order of publication. This recital is not disputable collaterally.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Yalliant, Judge. (1) Tbe court, by its decree in the partition case, found that defendants were all “duly notified” in accordance with its previous order of publication. This recital is not disputable collaterally. So held in the following cases: Latrielle v. Dorlegne, 35 Mo. 233; Lenox v. Clark, 52 Mo. 116; Freeman v. Thompson, 53 Mo. 183; Bumfeldt v O’Brien, 57 Mo. 569; Brawley v. Bcmney, 67 Mo. 280. (2) The partition statute then in force authorized proceedings against unknown owners and provided for their being notified by…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
— The suit is ejectment to recover a tract of land in the city of St. Louis. The answer is a general denial. Both parties claim title under William H. Ashley, deceased.
The record of a suit for partition of a larger tract, of which that in. question is a part, was first read in evidence. The petitioners in said suit were Robert H. Jennings and William H. Jennings, who claimed, each, *464an undivided one fourth of the land as grantees of certain of the heirs of the said Ashley and the defendants were others of his heirs. The petition charged that there were other heirs of the said Ashley who had an…
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