Kingman v. Holthaus
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
At Law. Action of ejectment brought by 'Mary A. E. Kingman and others against Louis J. Holtliaus and others. A jury was waived, and the case submitted to the court. Case dismissed as to one plaintiff, and decree for defendants as to the others. Statement hy PHILIPS. District Judge. This Is an action of ejectment, instituted February 4,1893, to recover lot No. 60 in Peter Lmdoll’s second addition to the city of St. Louis, Mo., containing about 17 acres of land.
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At Law. Action of ejectment brought by 'Mary A. E. Kingman and others against Louis J. Holtliaus and others. A jury was waived, and the case submitted to the court. Case dismissed as to one plaintiff, and decree for defendants as to the others. Statement hy PHILIPS. District Judge. This Is an action of ejectment, instituted February 4,1893, to recover lot No. 60 in Peter Lmdoll’s second addition to the city of St. Louis, Mo., containing about 17 acres of land. So-me of the plaintiffs are the descendants of Samuel Hammond, and the remaining plaintiffs claim under deeds of quitclaim from the…
1Opinion of the Court
PHILIPS, District Judge,
(after stating the facts.) This case, in its controlling facts and principles of law, is identical with those of Hammond v. Johnston, reported in 93 Mo. 198, 6 S. W. 83; Block v. Morrison, reported in 112 Mo. 343, 20 S. W. 340; Hammond v. Insurance Co., (Mo. Sup.) 20 S. W. 344. From these decisions, which were adverse to the plaintiffs, they sued out writs of error to the supreme court of the United States, only one of which has been reached for hearing in the latter court, (Hammond v. Johnston, reported in 142 U. S. 73, 12 Sup. Ct. 141,) and it was dismissed on the…
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