Sullivan v. Ferguson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was a suit in equity by Nancy Sullivan to establish a debt against the estate of Andrew Dickson, deceased, and fix it as a lien on a tract of land owned by the widow and heirs at law of John H. Ferguson, deceased.
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was a suit in equity by Nancy Sullivan to establish a debt against the estate of Andrew Dickson, deceased, and fix it as a lien on a tract of land owned by the widow and heirs at law of John H. Ferguson, deceased. The petition stated substantially, that on the 9th of May, 1853, said Nancy Sullivan was the owner of a tract of land in St. Ferdinand township, bounded north by the Missouri river, east by the Mill tract and Laban Landen (now or formerly), south by Richard Bland, west by Henry W. Carter, and being the same tract, on which Daniel Sullivan…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
The contract between the plaintiff and Andrew Dickson for the sale of the land to him, and the deed that was made to him as well as the subsequent conveyances, evidently contemplated that the tract of land sold contained about the quantity of one hundred arpents; that there were tenants in common who might be entitled to undivided shares with the plaintiff in the land; and that Dickson, the purchaser,should proceed to have a partition made by suit for the purpose of settling the respective rights of the parties in the premises and ascertaining her definite share ; and that the title was fully…
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