Newman v. Lawless
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to the Circuit Court of St. Charles county. 1. That according to the evidence and the law of the case as preserved on the record, the jury should have found for the plaintiff, and probably would have done so if the case had been left to them without any erroneous instruction of the court. 2. That south east quarter of block 109 was property separated from the King’s domain during the Spanish government and vested in J. B. Marly deceased, and did not pass to U. S. by…
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Error to the Circuit Court of St. Charles county. 1. That according to the evidence and the law of the case as preserved on the record, the jury should have found for the plaintiff, and probably would have done so if the case had been left to them without any erroneous instruction of the court. 2. That south east quarter of block 109 was property separated from the King’s domain during the Spanish government and vested in J. B. Marly deceased, and did not pass to U. S. by treaty between her and France bat remained in said Marly secured not only by said treaty, but by the law of nations. 4…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court delivered by
Tompkins Judge. *
Newman brought an action of ejectment in the circuit court of St. Louis county against Lawless, who being the judge of that court, the cause was transferred to the circuit court of Bt. Charles county, judgment was there given against Newman, and to reverse it, he prosecutes his writ of error in this court.
The land sued for, is the spot where Lawless’ house stands in the city of St. Louis, a part of block 109 : and if the fractional township, within which this laud lies, were sub-divided into sections, according to the manner in which the lands…
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