Dent v. Sigerson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. The facts in evidence are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court. The following instructions asked by the plaintiff were refused : 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that there was no grant, concession or survey of any land south of the river Des Peres as commons for the village of Carondelet, nor any use of land there for that purpose, under and by the authority of the Spanish government, then the act of Congress of June…
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. The facts in evidence are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court. The following instructions asked by the plaintiff were refused : 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that there was no grant, concession or survey of any land south of the river Des Peres as commons for the village of Carondelet, nor any use of land there for that purpose, under and by the authority of the Spanish government, then the act of Congress of June 13,1812, and of 1831, did not confirm any land there as commons. 2. The reply of Zenon Trudeau to the petition of…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
The controversy we are called upon to determine in this case is one of long standing, and involves facts and legal principles concerning which there has been for many years much variety of opinion, both in-the department of the federal government and the judicial tribunals, whose action upon it has been invoked.
The conflicting titles in the case are that of the inhabitants of Carondelet to commons, and a claim of Gabriel Cerré lying within its supposed limits. The title of Carondelet to her *502commons originated in 1812; that of Cerré took its origin, for all purposes now material to be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Menard's Heirs v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Les Bois v. BramellSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
- McGill v. SomersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
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- St. George's Church Society v. BranchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- City of St. Louis v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Gibson v. ChouteauMissouri Court of Appeals · 1879
- Harley v. WeberOhio Circuit Courts · 1887
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