Clemens v. Rannells
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Land Court. A tract of 1800 arpens of land , was conceded to James: McDaniel, and was confirmed to him or Ms legal representatives by act of Congress July 4,1836. February 13, 1802, McDaniel conveyed the land to James Mackey. April 20, 1825, Pratt et al. had a judgment against Mackey’s executors (he being dead) for $725.12 costs.
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Error to St. Louis Land Court. A tract of 1800 arpens of land , was conceded to James: McDaniel, and was confirmed to him or Ms legal representatives by act of Congress July 4,1836. February 13, 1802, McDaniel conveyed the land to James Mackey. April 20, 1825, Pratt et al. had a judgment against Mackey’s executors (he being dead) for $725.12 costs. On 3d of June following an execution issued'on this judgment, and was levied on a tract of land by the following description: “A tract containing 1500 arpens, more or less, situated on the River des Peres, part of a tract of 1800 arpens granted to…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
The sheriff’s deed to Mullanphy and Dent was properly excluded for the want of an “ ascertainable subject matter.” The deed purports to convey “ all the right, title, interest, *584estate and property of him the said James Mackey, deceased, of, in and to a tract of land situate about sis miles northwestwardly from the city of St. Louis, on the River des Peres, containing fifteen hundred arpens, more or less, being-part of a tract of eighteen hundred arpens granted to James McDaniel on the first day of February, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, by Don Zenon Trudeau, which…
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