Callahan v. Davis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — E. A. Vinson.halee, JEsq., Special Judge. (1) The sale of the land in this case was made by P. J. Keeler, October 4, 1875, and the deed executed by him January 24, 1879. It therefore appears that at the time of the sale P. J. Keeler was collector of the revenue of Nodaway county, by .virtue of his office as treasurer of said county; and at the time he executed the deed P. J. Keeler was collector of said county by virtue of his appointment…
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Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — E. A. Vinson.halee, JEsq., Special Judge. (1) The sale of the land in this case was made by P. J. Keeler, October 4, 1875, and the deed executed by him January 24, 1879. It therefore appears that at the time of the sale P. J. Keeler was collector of the revenue of Nodaway county, by .virtue of his office as treasurer of said county; and at the time he executed the deed P. J. Keeler was collector of said county by virtue of his appointment by the county court. When it is remembered that he was not making the sale as treasurer, but as collector; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of the possession of the east half of the southeast quarter of section 14, township 63, range 35, in Nodaway county, Missouri. The petition is in the usual form and the answer a general denial, except that it admitted possession in defendants and alleged that on the twenty-eighth day of May, 1881, the plaintiff institutéd a suit in ejectment against the same defendants to recover the same land, and which suit has been twice tried, and was still pending in said court undetermined ; and, as a special defense, that on the twenty-fourth day of…
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- State v. HaysSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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