McBeth v. Trabue
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — ITon. John T. Redd, J udge. 1. Adjoiniug owners, appellants had created the avenue over their adjoining lands under.the belief that the avenue was likewise created over the land involved, and this was the moving consideration; they, with the public, had so enjoyed the avenue for seven years; the parties vending the land had, during said period, concurred and participated in said establishment and use of said avenue, knowingly and…
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — ITon. John T. Redd, J udge. 1. Adjoiniug owners, appellants had created the avenue over their adjoining lands under.the belief that the avenue was likewise created over the land involved, and this was the moving consideration; they, with the public, had so enjoyed the avenue for seven years; the parties vending the land had, during said period, concurred and participated in said establishment and use of said avenue, knowingly and profitably availing themselves both of the property and the deception of said adjoining proprietor’s, and said vendors had never…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
The plaintiffs in this case became owners of the lot described in the petition, which was lot 16 in the sub-division of the Barr estate, by purchase, in 1873, from Samuel Singleton and his wife and their five children. There is no dispute as to the regularity of their title. But, in answer to their action for trespass by defendants in breaking down their fences, a previous dedication of the land or lot to the public was claimed, and consequently that the road ovei-seer, and those of the defendants who acted in conjunction with him, were justified in removing the obstructions on this public…
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