White v. Dorris
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Cole Circuit Cowrt. White sued Dorris and wife in ejectment for the recovery of the possession of certain real estate in the city of Jefferson, in the Cole Circuit Court. The answer denied White’s right to the possession of said real estate, and averred that the same was owned by the said Thankful Jane Dorris, and that she was in possession thereof. The cause was tried by the court.
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Error to Cole Circuit Cowrt. White sued Dorris and wife in ejectment for the recovery of the possession of certain real estate in the city of Jefferson, in the Cole Circuit Court. The answer denied White’s right to the possession of said real estate, and averred that the same was owned by the said Thankful Jane Dorris, and that she was in possession thereof. The cause was tried by the court. The following agreed statement of facts was submitted to the court, to-wit: That Dorris and his wife went into the possession of the property in the spring of 1853. A deed was made to Mrs. Dorris for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
This is an action of ejectment. The plaintiff claims title to a lot in Jefferson City (possessed by the defendants) under a sheriff’s sale, upon an execution against Dorris the husband. The lot was the property of Mrs. Dorris, purchased by her after the debt was contracted by her husband, for the payment of which the sheriff’s sale was made.
The Circuit Court held, in effect, that the lot was subject to execution for that debt, and gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants bring the case up by writ of error. They contend that by virtue of the first section of “An act to amend an act…
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