Hogan v. Page
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Cou/rt. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Hogan against Page, in the St. Louis Land Court, for a portion of a common field lot of one by forty arpens in the St. Louis Grand Prairie. The answer of defendant admitted that at the time of the institution of the suit he was in possession of nineteen ninety-sixth parts of the premises sued for.
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Cou/rt. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Hogan against Page, in the St. Louis Land Court, for a portion of a common field lot of one by forty arpens in the St. Louis Grand Prairie. The answer of defendant admitted that at the time of the institution of the suit he was in possession of nineteen ninety-sixth parts of the premises sued for. The plaintiff gave in evidence the following confirmation papers: • To Frederick Bates, Esq., recorder of land titles for the Territory of Louisiana. Sir: Take notice, that I claim a tract of land situate in Big Prairie,…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
This case was in this court once before, and the decision in it is reported in 22 Mo. 55. Having been remanded to the St. Louis Land Court, it was there tried again and judgment given for the defendant; and to reverse that judgment the/ plaintiff has brought the case again to this court by writ of *79error. At the trial below, the plaintiff gave in evidence the same confirmation to the representatives of Auguste Condé, which was considered by the court when the case was here before, and claimed as heretofore that that confirmation enured to Louis Lemonde, under whom he claims. He also gave some…
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- Hogan v. PageSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
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