Brook v. Barker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court. — Eon. N. 'M. Pet-, tin gill,. Judge. (1) The assignment “that the verdict rendered by the jury is unsupported by any evidence” is too general and indefinite to .constitute a ground for a new trial.
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Appeal from Scotland Circuit Court. — Eon. N. 'M. Pet-, tin gill,. Judge. (1) The assignment “that the verdict rendered by the jury is unsupported by any evidence” is too general and indefinite to .constitute a ground for a new trial. (2) The verdict is supported by the evidence for tlie reason that the evidence introduced by both sides conclusively shows that the defendants have ever since the date of the execution of.the deed from Sill to the defendants been the owners, and entitled to the possession, of the real property in question. (3) The burden of jjx'oof was on the plaintiff to show…
1Opinion of the CourtDayid E. Blair, J.
The action is ejectment for possession of the west half of Lots Seven and Eight in Block Four in the original town, now city, of Memphis, in Scotland County, and for damages and for fixing the value of monthly rents and profits.
The answer contained a general denial, and set up defendant’s claim of title to the premises in controversy and alleged a certain agreement between respondent (plaintiff below) and his wife relating .to the property, purporting to authorize the conveyance of said property by her free of any claim by the respondent. The reply denied the new matter of the answer and…
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