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Reynolds v. Hood

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 26, 1908PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Eon. Jas. T. Ne-ville, Judge. (1) Defendant admits Ms possession of the land in controversy; and plaintiff shows that it descended to him and his grantors, and no sale or transfer of the title to the same from their ancestor entitles plaintiff to recover.

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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Eon. Jas. T. Ne-ville, Judge. (1) Defendant admits Ms possession of the land in controversy; and plaintiff shows that it descended to him and his grantors, and no sale or transfer of the title to the same from their ancestor entitles plaintiff to recover. R. S. 1899, sec. 3060. (2) The claim of an agreement to settle the dispute of the line between plaintiff and defendant in a former suit is not sustained by the judgment entered in said former suit. That suit was instituted to recover other lands, and nothing of defendant’s claim is mentioned or appears in…

1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.

This is a suit in ejectment, instituted in the circuit court of Greene county, by the plaintiff against the defendant, to recover a certain strip of land, described in the petition, and $100 damages for the unlawful withholding the possession thereof from plaintiff, and one dollar monthly rents and profits.

This case was commenced in the circuit court of Greene county, Missouri, at the September term, 1904. The petition is in the usual form for ejectment and prays to recover the possession of the following described land situate in Greene county, Missouri, to-wit: Beginning at a point 12 rods…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chouteau v. GibsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
  2. Krider v. MilnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
  3. Goltermann v. SchiermeyerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  4. Milliken v. Thyson Commission Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  5. Barnes v. AllisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gibbany v. WalkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1938
  2. B. Roth Tool Co. v. Champ Spring Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1909
  3. Reeves v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. Finch v. HeebMissouri Court of Appeals · 1937
  5. Ballenger v. WindesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1936

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