Snyder v. Raab
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action in ejectment brought in the St. Louis Circuit Court to recover possession of a piece of land described as “fifty acres of land of that tract or parcel of land situated and being in. tlie county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, in U. S. survey 3094, in township 6 north, range 5 east, and containing five hundred and ten acres, more or less; bounded on the west by Créve Coeur lake, on the north by land formerly…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. This was an action in ejectment brought in the St. Louis Circuit Court to recover possession of a piece of land described as “fifty acres of land of that tract or parcel of land situated and being in. tlie county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, in U. S. survey 3094, in township 6 north, range 5 east, and containing five hundred and ten acres, more or less; bounded on the west by Créve Coeur lake, on the north by land formerly belonging to Mullanphy, east by land formerly owned by Olley Williams, and south by Créve Cceur ■lake,” &c.
1Opinion of the CourtFagg, Judge
The respondent Snyder instituted suit in the. St. Louis Land Court to recover possession of a tract of land containing fifty acres, and described as being included within a larger tract, a general description of which was given. The defendant (appellant here) answered, denying generally the allegations of the petition. The plaintiff caused the defendant to be subpoenaed as a witness in his behalf, and, failing to appear and testify at the trial, the court, on motion, struck out the answer and proceeded to give judgment for the plaintiff. There was a motion for a new trial and also in arrest…
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