Pope v. Alexander
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; Henry C. Smith, Judge. Action by John D. Pope against Samuel Alexander and others to quiet title to portion of a. city lot. From a judgment for defendants and from an order denying him a new trial, plaintiff appeals. A description in a deed which has neither a place of beginning nor a place of ending is void, and the deed passes no title to the premises in controversy. {Mann v. Taylor, 4 Jones, 272, 69 Am.
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Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; Henry C. Smith, Judge. Action by John D. Pope against Samuel Alexander and others to quiet title to portion of a. city lot. From a judgment for defendants and from an order denying him a new trial, plaintiff appeals. A description in a deed which has neither a place of beginning nor a place of ending is void, and the deed passes no title to the premises in controversy. {Mann v. Taylor, 4 Jones, 272, 69 Am. Dec. 750; Brandon v. Leddy, 67 Cal. 43, 7 Pac. 33; Holme v. Strautman, 35 Mo. 293; Carter v. Barns, 26 111. 445; Wilson v. Johnson, 145…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
This action was brought to quiet the title to a parcel of land described as the south 47 feet of lot- 3, in block 1 of. the Shaw addition to the city of Helena, Lewis and Clark county, and all that portion of lot 4, in the same block of said addition, lying between lot 3 and the north boundary line of the original *85Helena townsite, according to the McIntyre survey of said townsite.
The complaint contains the usual allegations of ownership, right of possession, etc., in plaintiff, and of an adverse claim by the defendants, which is declared to be without foundation, and concludes with a prayer…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bordeaux v. BordeauxMontana Supreme Court · 1905
- Finlen v. HeinzeMontana Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. AuchardMontana Supreme Court · 1898
- Montana Ore Purchasing Co. v. Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1901
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- Lovelace v. HightowerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1946
- Brundy v. CanbyMontana Supreme Court · 1915
- Watkins v. WatkinsMontana Supreme Court · 1909
- Wright v. BrooksMontana Supreme Court · 1913
- Maynard v. BaraMontana Supreme Court · 1934
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