Legal Opinion

Baker v. Nall

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 15, 1875PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. cited in argument, Clark vs. McGuire, 16 Mo., 302 ; Boal vs. Morgner, 46 Mo., 48 ; Hill Trustees, 406, 421 ; Wagn. Stat., 1350, § 1; Roberts vs. Mosely, 51 Mo., 282; Guest vs. Farley, 19 Mo., 147; Tay. Land. Ten., § 705 ; 2 Greenl. Ev., § 305 ; Stagg vs. Eureka T. & C. Co., 56 Mo., 217 — 320; Terrill vs. Boulware, 24 Mo., 254 — 257 ; Big.

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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. cited in argument, Clark vs. McGuire, 16 Mo., 302 ; Boal vs. Morgner, 46 Mo., 48 ; Hill Trustees, 406, 421 ; Wagn. Stat., 1350, § 1; Roberts vs. Mosely, 51 Mo., 282; Guest vs. Farley, 19 Mo., 147; Tay. Land. Ten., § 705 ; 2 Greenl. Ev., § 305 ; Stagg vs. Eureka T. & C. Co., 56 Mo., 217 — 320; Terrill vs. Boulware, 24 Mo., 254 — 257 ; Big. Est., 380, et seq. and 396; Johnson vs. Houston, 47 Mo., 227-231.) cited in argument, Walker vs. Harper, 33 Mo., 592 ; Parker vs. Raymond, 14 Mo., 535; 1 Wash. Real Prop., 377 ; 2 Id., 206, 209; Jenkins vs. DeWatts, 7 Johns.,…

1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge

This is an action of ejectment, to recover 160 acres of land in Clay county.

*266The petition and answer are in the usual form, except that the answer, after denying all the allegations of the petition, sets up as a defense, that one Lloyd B. Leach executed a deed conveying the land to plaintiff as trustee for his wife and her children, and that plaintiff’s wife is dead, and that the defendants, who married two daughters of plaintiff, are in fact the rightful owners of 2-3 of this land.

The facts in thé case seem to be undisputed. It appears that in 1813, Thomas Turner, of Madison county, Kentucky,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Roberts v. MoseleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1873

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Tremmel v. KleiboldtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1881
  2. McBreen v. McBreenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  3. Ottomeyer v. PritchettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  4. Baker v. DaleDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1954
  5. McTigue v. McTigueSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893

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