Forder v. Davis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action of ejectment, commenced in the St. Louis Land Court, at the March term, 1857, to recover lot No. 182, in Carondelet commons, south of the river Des Péres. The defendant, in his answer, denied the title of the plaintiff; and also that he, defendant, had entered into the possession of the lot.
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action of ejectment, commenced in the St. Louis Land Court, at the March term, 1857, to recover lot No. 182, in Carondelet commons, south of the river Des Péres. The defendant, in his answer, denied the title of the plaintiff; and also that he, defendant, had entered into the possession of the lot. At the time of the trial, being the October term, 1868, the defendant, with leave of the court, filed a new answer, setting forth, as a further defence, that the lot in dispute was part of the Martigny tract, which was owned by the plaintiff and…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
This was an action of ejectment for the lot No. 182 of the Carondelet commons south of the river Des Péres. The suit was commenced in the St. Louis Land Court in January, 1857; and in November, 1863, there was a trial, and judgment for the defendant. An amended answer of the defendant, filed in October, 1863, denied the unlawful entering and withholding of the premises from the plaintiff, or that he was entitled to the possession, and set up as a defence a judgment in partition in a suit which had been commenced in said court in August, 1859, returnable to the October term of that year, in…
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