Hammond v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Horner, Judge. (1) The claim of Joseph Hunot was properly, in due time, filed before the board of commissioners, created by the act of March 2, 1805 (vol. 2, p. 325), as appears by the record of said board.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Horner, Judge. (1) The claim of Joseph Hunot was properly, in due time, filed before the board of commissioners, created by the act of March 2, 1805 (vol. 2, p. 325), as appears by the record of said board. The several acts of congress under which this board acted allowed a claim to be filed at any time before the first day of July, 1808, and the record shows that the board took testimony on this claim the twentieth day of June, 1808. 2 U. S. Stats, p. 441, sec. 5; Act of Congress, March 3,1807. (2) After said claim was filed, the deed of…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is an action of ejectment for lot 50, in Peter Lindell’s second addition to the city of St. Lonis. The suit was begun on the fifteenth day of June, 1874. There was a judgment, on a trial by the court without a jury, for defendants, and the plaintiffs prosecute this appeal.
The title of the plaintiffs is as follows: Joseph Hunot claimed a head right of eight hundred arpents of land in New Madrid county, under a Spanish permission to settle, dated in 1802. The claim, based on possession and cultivation, was presented to the old board of commissioners, and was rejected in 1811. Subsequently,…
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