Mapes v. Scott

This is ejectment, brought in the circuit court, by plaintiffs in error, against defendants in error, wherein judgment was rendered for defendants.

The property involved is a mill and its site. Before 1868, the title was in plaintiffs.

On November 21,1868, plaintiffs, being in possession, made a deed of trust to Dummer & Kirby, conveying this property to secure the payment, first, of $5116.67 to Murray McConnel, and next, $20,000 to Scott Brothers, of St. Louis, for which their note, of same date, was given, payable in instalments of $5000 each, the first on 21st of June, 1869, and $5000 yearly…