Rigney v. Plaster
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
This was an action of ejectment brought by Alice H. Rigney, by Charles Lyon, her curator, against Elisha Plaster. Plaintiff having recovered a judgment, the cause is now heard on defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
PHILIPS, District Judge.
This is an action of ejectment to recover possession of certain real estate situate in the county of Carroll, state of Missouri. On trial had to a jury, plaintiff recovered judgment, and the defendant has filed motion for a new trial, assigning as grounds therefor errors committed by the, court in the admission and rejection of certain title papers. It is admitted that the land in question was patented by the United States to Henry Richmond, April 20, 1819. The plaintiff claims title by mesne conveyances from said *687Richmond. In support of her title, she offered in…
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- Schultz v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865
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