Stout v. Rigney
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. On January 9, 1896, Alice H. Rigney, the appellee, by her curator, Charles Lyon, exhibited her bill of complaint in the circuit court of the United States for the Western division of the Western district of Missouri against Hamilton De Graw and George Stout, the appellants, which contained the following allegations, in substance: That on October 23, 1872, the said Alice H. Rigney was the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. On January 9, 1896, Alice H. Rigney, the appellee, by her curator, Charles Lyon, exhibited her bill of complaint in the circuit court of the United States for the Western division of the Western district of Missouri against Hamilton De Graw and George Stout, the appellants, which contained the following allegations, in substance: That on October 23, 1872, the said Alice H. Rigney was the owner of a tract of land in Carroll county, Mo., known as the “northeast quarter of section 21, township 54, range 22,”…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
The charge which is contained in the amended bill of complant, to the effect that the complainant below was the actual owner of the land in controversy at and prior to the conveyance of the same to her by Hamilton De Graw, and that the latter deed conveyed no title, and that the notes and deed of trust which were executed by the complainant on October 23, 1872, were for that reason without consideration, is not supported by the evidence, and such claim on the part of the complainant must be disregarded. Notwithstanding the alleged tax title to the land in controversy, which, as the…
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