Minor v. Burton
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Randolph. Circuit Court.— Hon. Willard P. Cave, Special Judge. (1) Plaintiff having shown that he is the owner in fee of all the southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 10, and in actual, undisputed possession of the same, except that portion thereof in controversy, the law invests him with the possession of the whole and he can only be dispossessed by actual ouster.
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Appeal from Randolph. Circuit Court.— Hon. Willard P. Cave, Special Judge. (1) Plaintiff having shown that he is the owner in fee of all the southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 10, and in actual, undisputed possession of the same, except that portion thereof in controversy, the law invests him with the possession of the whole and he can only be dispossessed by actual ouster. Stevens v. Martin, 168 Mo. 407; Bradley v. West, 60 Mo. 53; D'outhitt v. Stenson, 63 Mo. 268; Turner v. Baker, 64 Mo. 218. (2) Plaintiff having shown that he is the sole owner in fee of. the legal title to…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This action involves a small tract of land in Randolph county. The quantity involved is about two acres and in that portion of the south one-half of the northwest one-fourth of section ten, township fifty-three, range fifteen west, lying north of Sweet Spring Creek. The petition is in three counts. *562Count one is the ordinary pleading under section 650. Count two is an action for trespass, in which the damages are alleged to be one hundred dollars for cutting timber from said land, and fifty dollars for the cultivation of.a part thereof for the years 1905 and 1906, or a total of one hundred and…
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