Hilgert v. Werner

This cause was commenced in a justice of the peace court by plaintiff Hilgert under the landlord and tenant statute, Sec. 2607, R.S. 1929, 7 Ann. Stat., p. 3847, to recover possession of the described premises in St. Louis. Defendant filed answer claiming title by adverse possession. Thereupon the justice, under Sec. 2233, R.S. 1929, 4 Ann. Stat., p. 2405, certified the cause to the circuit court. In the circuit court the Cavagnaros were made parties plaintiff, and an amended statement or petition was filed, alleging that the Cavagnaros were the owners; that they, in 1936, leased to…