Murray v. Laften
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. The plaintiff brought several actions of ejectment against the defendants, which were consolidated, and claimed the property in question, by virtue of a sheriff’s deed conveying the same as the property of one John Miller. The executions on which it was sold, issued out of the clerk’s office of the St. Louis circuit court, founded on transcripts of judgments and proceedings under them before a justice of the peace.
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ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. The plaintiff brought several actions of ejectment against the defendants, which were consolidated, and claimed the property in question, by virtue of a sheriff’s deed conveying the same as the property of one John Miller. The executions on which it was sold, issued out of the clerk’s office of the St. Louis circuit court, founded on transcripts of judgments and proceedings under them before a justice of the peace. The proceedings appeared to be regular, from the transcripts; hut to show irregularity in them, the defendant offered the…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, J.
Judgments were recovered against Miller, the owner of the property-in question, before a justice of the peace, and transcripts of the judgments, including executions thereon and the Constable’s returns of nulla bona upon the executions, were filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in May 1844. Executions issued from the circuit court upon these judgments, and the property was sold and conveyed by the Sheriff to the plaintiff.
Upon the trial of the present action, the plaintiff gave in evidence the transcripts from the justice of the peace, the executions from the circuit court,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bell v. EnglishU.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia · 1834
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Norton v. QuimbySupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Burke v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Waddell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872