Geer v. Missouri Lumber & Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court. — Son. W. N. Evans, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding the photographic copies of the affidavits of Michael Leane, William K. Annis, James Beard, William Murphy, which were made by those parties as a foundation for the entries of the different tracts of land in controversy.
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Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court. — Son. W. N. Evans, Judge. (1) The court erred in excluding the photographic copies of the affidavits of Michael Leane, William K. Annis, James Beard, William Murphy, which were made by those parties as a foundation for the entries of the different tracts of land in controversy. State v. Clinton, 67 Mo. 384; 1 Greenlf. onEv. [12 Ed.], p. 27, sec. 21, p. 614, sec. 570, p. 623, sec. 578, p. 625, sec. 580; G-raduation Act, 1854. (2) If the original affidavits would have been admissible as standards of comparison, the photographic copies could properly be used…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfaklaNE, J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover the following land situate in Shannon county: North half, section 8, township 26, range 3; east half, section 29, township 26, range 3; west half, section 9, township 26, range 3; east half, section 25, township 26, range 3; southeast quarter, section 8, township 26, range 3.
Plaintiffs claim title under deeds made by the sheriff of said county in 1881, under judgments for taxes. Defendants claim under deeds from the paten-tees of the land to one Auld. These last named deeds were dated in the sixties, and were recorded in Shannon county in 1870. It…
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