King v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Sow. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) A party is charged with constructive notice only of such instruments as appear in the chain of his title.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Sow. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) A party is charged with constructive notice only of such instruments as appear in the chain of his title. Railroad v. View, 156 Mo. 616; Crockett v. Maguire, 10 Mo. 34; Dingman v. McCullom, 47 Mo. 372; Tydings v. Pitcher, 82 Mo. 379; Ford v. Church Society, 120 Mo. 511; Odie v. Odie, 73 Mo. 289; Becker v. Stroeber, 167 Mo. 322; Payne v. Markle, 89 Ill. 66; Sensenderfer v. Kemp, 83 Mo. 589. (2) Upon the whole record, the court erred in rendering a decree against appellant, because it clearly appears that ap^pellant…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendant company from erecting, or procuring others to erect, buildings of a certain character on certain building lots owned by it in the city of St. Louis.
The petition alleges, in substance, that the Rex Realty Company, a corporation, had laid out a subdivision in Block No. 3892, in the city of St. Louis, known as “Rex Subdivision,” which was more than ordinarily suitable for residences for wealthy persons, and in order to insure the use of same for high-class residence purposes, and that no business or apartment houses or flats might be built thereon, imposed…
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