Moses v. St. Louis Sectional Dock Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) Mrs. Moses, then Mary Atchison, and Henry Papin through whom, plaintiff, Harriet Papin, claims, having executed and acknowledged the instrument of 1851, there was no necessity for the city of St. Louis to attempt to agree with the parties before condemnation as required by the rule laid down in Anderson v. St. Louis, 47 Mo. 479. (2) The eastern two-thirds of the property sued for was conveyed to the city for wharf purposes by the…
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) Mrs. Moses, then Mary Atchison, and Henry Papin through whom, plaintiff, Harriet Papin, claims, having executed and acknowledged the instrument of 1851, there was no necessity for the city of St. Louis to attempt to agree with the parties before condemnation as required by the rule laid down in Anderson v. St. Louis, 47 Mo. 479. (2) The eastern two-thirds of the property sued for was conveyed to the city for wharf purposes by the grant of 1851. The city took possession of it in 1859, and has held and used the same since for purposes oí building and…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This was an action of ejectment for a small piece of land, parcel of south wharf in the city of St. Louis. The cause was tried by the court, without a. jury, and the plaintiffs had judgment for the undivided two-thirds of the property sued for, which judgment was-affirmed pro forma in the court of appeals. On trial the-parties stipulated that the plaintiffs were the “owners jointly of an undivided two-thirds interest in the premises sued for and entitled to recover possession of the same in this action, unless their title had been divested by the proceedings to open the south wharf under…
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