Wheelock v. Overshiner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. — Hon. W. I. Wallace, Judge. ■ (1) The evidence shows a continuous, open, notorious possession under claim of title in Wheeloek, and those under whom he claims, as to the east half of southeast quarter, less fourteen acres, from the death of Young M. Pitts in May, 1871, until November, 1888, and of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter from 1872 — at least from before the marriage of Eleanor to Nathaniel Brittain — and possession of…
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. — Hon. W. I. Wallace, Judge. ■ (1) The evidence shows a continuous, open, notorious possession under claim of title in Wheeloek, and those under whom he claims, as to the east half of southeast quarter, less fourteen acres, from the death of Young M. Pitts in May, 1871, until November, 1888, and of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter from 1872 — at least from before the marriage of Eleanor to Nathaniel Brittain — and possession of the southwest quarter of southeast quarter "from July 7, 1871, to November, 1888. Hence, at the time of commencing her…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
On the seventeenth of September, 1881, Merideth Richards and wife, by general warranty deed,, conveyed one hundred and forty-six acres of land in Hickory county, Missouri (described in the petition), to’ the plaintiff, who thereupon entered into and remained, in possession thereof, until evicted therefrom under a. judgment of the circuit court of said county against, him rendered on the twenty-first day of November,. 1888, in an action of ejectment in favor of EleanorBrittain. In the meantime the said Merideth Richards, died possessed of an estate largely in excess of the-value of the land…
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