Nickey v. Leader
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Eon. Jesse C. Sheppard, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs chain of title is clear and unbroken from the United States down to plaintiffs for all of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 10 -which, includes the land in controversy. This is not questioned. (2) The defendant has shown no paper title to the land in controversy.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Eon. Jesse C. Sheppard, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs chain of title is clear and unbroken from the United States down to plaintiffs for all of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 10 -which, includes the land in controversy. This is not questioned. (2) The defendant has shown no paper title to the land in controversy. (3) Possession hy Marshall of the house and inclosed land, from the time he sold to Randall down to the time he put the Dunnings into possession of the land, was not adverse to his grantee Randall. The testimony all shows that…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
— Plaintiff sues in ejectment for a small tract of land near the city of Poplar Bluff in Butler county, Missouri. The petition is in the usual form. Damages are charged to be $100, and monthly rents .and profits are fixed by the petition at $5 per month. The answer is the ten-year Statute of Limitations and a general denial. Reply a general denial.
Points are made as to the sufficiency of the abstract. It will suffice at his point to state that there was a trial before the court without the intervention of a jury and a general finding and judgment for the defendant. Prom this judgment the…
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