Papin v. Ryan & Walker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action to recover the’ possession of a tract of land in the city of St. Louis, and within the out-boundary of the town, as surveyed under the act of June 13, 1812. The plaintiffs claimed title under a confirmation by the act of Congress of July 4, 1836, to Joseph Brazeau, or his legal representatives, and also by virtue of inhabitation, cultivation and possession prior to Dec. 20, 1803, and the confirming act of June 13, 1812.…
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action to recover the’ possession of a tract of land in the city of St. Louis, and within the out-boundary of the town, as surveyed under the act of June 13, 1812. The plaintiffs claimed title under a confirmation by the act of Congress of July 4, 1836, to Joseph Brazeau, or his legal representatives, and also by virtue of inhabitation, cultivation and possession prior to Dec. 20, 1803, and the confirming act of June 13, 1812. The plaintiffs offered in evidence the reports of the board of commissioners under the acts of 1832 and 1833, together…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
This is an action of ejectment for possession of a piece of land in the city of St. Louis.
The same claim was before this court in the case of Papin v. Hines, 23 Mo. 275. That case was taken by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States, but was dismissed there for want of jurisdiction, there having been no final judgment in the case.
In that case the defendant showed title in himself by an entry, and a patent from the United States in 1826. In the present case the defendants showed no title. After the plaintiff had given evidence of his title, the court instructed the jury that “…
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