St. Louis University v. McCune
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis Land Court. By the act of Congress of April 29,1816, a common field lot in the St. Louis Grand Prairie common field was confirmed to the legal representatives of Jacques Labbé. By the same act, the common field lot next south of the lot so confirmed to Labbé’s representatives was confirmed to the legal representatives of Frangois Lachapelle. These confirmations were surveyed by the United States.
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Appeal from Si. Louis Land Court. By the act of Congress of April 29,1816, a common field lot in the St. Louis Grand Prairie common field was confirmed to the legal representatives of Jacques Labbé. By the same act, the common field lot next south of the lot so confirmed to Labbé’s representatives was confirmed to the legal representatives of Frangois Lachapelle. These confirmations were surveyed by the United States. The survey of the Labbé lot is numbered 1587 ; the survey of the Lachapelle lot 1592. The latter survey was made in 1842 and was approved in 1857. The plaintiff claims title…
1Opinion of the Court
Riohardson, Judge,
delivered the opinio
The dispute in this case is about a smar the line between two common fields in the St. Louis. Both of the lots were confirme! bv ftplkff'of Congress of the 29th April, 1816, but the offl&iM survearoí the defendant’s lot was not approved until 1857,ana itaoes not appear when the survey of the plaintiff’s confirmation was approved.
The first question that ¿rises is -whether there can be an adverse possession of a confirmation under the act of 1816 until the confirmation has been surveyed and the survey approved. That question was discussed and decided in the…
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