State Ex Rel. Place v. Bland

Certiorari to the Judges of the Kansas City Court of Appeals bringing up the record in Place v. Parker, 180 S. W. (2d) 538. The cause had been tried by the Jackson county circuit, court and appealed to that Court of Appeals, where it was determined last April. The petition for our writ makes two assignments: (1) that the Court of Appeals had no jurisdiction of the appeal because the title to real estate is involved within the meaning of Sec. 12, Art. YI, and Sec. 5, Amendment 1884, Constitution of Missouri; (2) that respondents’ opinion contravenes controlling decisions of this court, and…