Slicer v. Owens
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Now. J. C. Sheppard, Judge. (1) Harp’s entering onto lot five in section five and clearing the land of underbrush and timber, is occupancy of a character to set in operation the Statute of Limitations.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Now. J. C. Sheppard, Judge. (1) Harp’s entering onto lot five in section five and clearing the land of underbrush and timber, is occupancy of a character to set in operation the Statute of Limitations. Johns v. McKibben, 156 111. 71; Smith v. Bryan, 44 N. C. 180; Twohig v. Learner, 48 Neb. 247; Lantry v. Parker, 37 Neb. 353; Backus v. Burk, 63 Minn. 272; Menkins v. Overhouse, 22 Mo. 70; Powell v. Davis, 54 Mo. 315; Holliday-Klotz v. Markham, 96 Mo. App. 51. (2) Harp could transfer his right acquired by adverse possession to the defendant so that title by…
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, C.
— This is an appeal from an order of the Butler Circuit Court sustaining a motion for new trial.
*321The petition contains a connt in ejectment to recover possession of lot one of the northwest quarter of section eight and lot five of the southwest quarter of section five, all in township twenty-five, range eight east, Butler county, Missouri, and contains a second count under section 2535, Revised Statutes 1909, to quiet plaintiffs’ title to the same lands.
The answer admits possession and admits claim of title, denies all other allegations, sets up a plea of the Statute of Limitations to…
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