Holme v. Strautman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Land Court. Ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error to recover possession of land in the vicinity of the city of St. Louis. James T. O’Carrol 1, who had a wife and three children, was settled upon a portion of the domain in the district of New Madrid, prior to the 20th of December, 1803, by permission of the proper Spanish officer, inhabiting and cultivating the land.
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Error to St. Louis Land Court. Ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error to recover possession of land in the vicinity of the city of St. Louis. James T. O’Carrol 1, who had a wife and three children, was settled upon a portion of the domain in the district of New Madrid, prior to the 20th of December, 1803, by permission of the proper Spanish officer, inhabiting and cultivating the land. On the 29th day of November, 1805, O’Carroll, in consideration of four hundred dollars, conveyed to George Ruddell “ all that tract, parcel or parcels of land situated near the Mississippi, about two miles…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
This is an action of ejectment for land in St. Louis, which is a portion of a tract located under a New Madrid certifi*300cate in the name- of James Y. O’Carroll or his legal representatives. The plaintiff, in order to show title in himself, gave in evidence a deed from James Y. O’Carroll to George Ruddell, dated the 29th of November, 1805, of the land in New Madrid described as follows : “ all that tract, parcel or parcels of land situated near the Mississippi, about two miles above the village of the Little Prairie, it being the settlement right of the said James Young O’Carroll, under the…
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