Norton v. Reed
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P. Foard. Judge. (1) The suit having been brought against the person in actual possession it is immaterial that the grant- or of interveners who claimed title to the land through an unrecorded deed was not made a party thereto.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P. Foard. Judge. (1) The suit having been brought against the person in actual possession it is immaterial that the grant- or of interveners who claimed title to the land through an unrecorded deed was not made a party thereto. R. S. 1909, sec. 2385. (2) It being admitted by the pleadings that at the date of the order of dismissal the plaintiffs had parted with all their interest in the subject-matter of the suit and that said interest had passed by conveyance to the intervener at the date of the filing of the motion herein by him;, the motion…
1Opinion of the Court
On October 23, 1907, Minnie A. Norton, Catherine Dougherty, John C. Vandyke and James T. Vandyke, as plaintiffs, filed, in the Circuit Court of Reynolds County, Missouri, a petition in ejectment, against Isaac F. Reed and Martin Burnham, as defendants, to recover possession of an undivided four-fifths of the following described real estate located in said county, to-wit:
"All of the west half of the east half of Lot 2 of the northwest quarter of Section 5 in Township 29 of Range 1 east, except a strip one hundred and five feet wide off of the south end thereof."
Five suits in ejectment were…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State ex rel. Potter v. RileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- State ex rel. Brown v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- South Missouri Lumber Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Snyder v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- McGrath v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Hecht Bros. Clothing Co. v. WalkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1931
- Johnson v. Missouri Pacific Transp. Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1938