Guffey v. O'Reiley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Sullivan Circuit Court. — Host. GK D. Burgess, Judge. The following is the third declaration of law, asked by defendant and refused by the court, referred to in the opinion: “If the court, sitting as a jury, finds from the evidence that the plaintiff, prior to the purchase of the land by defendant from Hughes, had the deed for the land under which he now claims, and knew that the defendant was about to consummate his purchase of the land from Hughes, and…
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Appeal from Sullivan Circuit Court. — Host. GK D. Burgess, Judge. The following is the third declaration of law, asked by defendant and refused by the court, referred to in the opinion: “If the court, sitting as a jury, finds from the evidence that the plaintiff, prior to the purchase of the land by defendant from Hughes, had the deed for the land under which he now claims, and knew that the defendant was about to consummate his purchase of the land from Hughes, and purposely withheld or concealed from ■defendant the fact of his own claim of title to such land, or if plaintiff, by his acts,…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
Plaintiff brought ejectment for a tract of land, the east half of northwest quarter, section two, township sixty-four, range nineteen, and on the trial he put in evidence a chain of legal title from the United States through mesne conveyances to himself. The claim of the defendant is based on a sale of the land for taxes, and, also, on the ground of estoppel. Two questions are, therefore, presented for consideration by the record. 1. Whether the trial court erred in holding that the •sheriff’s deed to Perkins, purporting to be based on a 'judgment for the sale of the land for back taxes, was…
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