Barker v. Hayes

Lovie Barker instituted this action to determine and quiet title to Lot Seven, Block Two, Hill's Addition, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri. The judgment determined title under the Statutes of Limitation to be in Lovie Barker. Daisy Hayes, the defendant, appealed.

The case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts. We state the substance of all that is essential. Mathew Spears is the common source of title. Prior to the Civil War, he and Harriett ____, both being slaves, were married according to the usage for the marriage of slaves, and Daisy Hayes, the defendant, is the only…