Legal Opinion

Tanner v. Stine

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1853PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to St. Lords Court of Common Pleas. This was a civil action commenced by Edwin Tanner against Emily Stine, in 1850, the object of which was to obtain the legal title to a lot in the common fields of Carondelet, containing one and a half arpens in front by forty arpens in depth.

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Error to St. Lords Court of Common Pleas. This was a civil action commenced by Edwin Tanner against Emily Stine, in 1850, the object of which was to obtain the legal title to a lot in the common fields of Carondelet, containing one and a half arpens in front by forty arpens in depth. The plaintiff claimed nnber a deed from William Chambers, who purchased the land at a sheriff's sale, under an execution against Jacob R. Stine, and received a sheriff’s deed therefor dated November 1, 1843-. This deed, after reciting the judgment, execution, levy and advertisement, contains the following…

1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge

1. This cause will turn upon the sheriff’s deed executed to Chambers, under whom Tanner, the plaintiff below, claims. A great deal was said in the argument and many cases were cited, to show the length that this and other courts have gone in support of sales made under judicial process. But the precise point involved in this litigation, we are not aware has ever been decided by this tribunal. The deed of the sheriff to Chambers recites that, agreeably to an advertisement accompanying the deed, at the court house door in the city of St. Louis, during the --- term of the-■ court of-, for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson ex dem. Martin v. PrattNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  2. Doe, on the Demise of Wilkins v. RueIndiana Supreme Court · 1837

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Stewart v. SeveranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  2. Strain v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
  3. Curd v. LacklandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
  4. Waddell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
  5. Wilhite v. WilhiteSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873

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