Harris v. Hunt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. ' Slover, Judge. (1) By the charter provision jurisdiction to entertain suits upon tax-bills is not conferred upon all justices of the peace in Kaw township, but only upon such of them as are justices in the City of Kansas. This city is not coextensive with Said township by half in its territorial limits, as the evidence in the record in this cause shows.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. ' Slover, Judge. (1) By the charter provision jurisdiction to entertain suits upon tax-bills is not conferred upon all justices of the peace in Kaw township, but only upon such of them as are justices in the City of Kansas. This city is not coextensive with Said township by half in its territorial limits, as the evidence in the record in this cause shows. Hence the recital in the executions and sheriff’s deed that the proceedings in the tax-bill suit in question were had before Joseph C. Ranson, a justice of Kaw township, is not equivalent to…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
This is an action in ejectment to recover possession of two lots in Kansas City. The petition is in the nsnal form and the answer a general denial. The case was tried before the court without a jury, the finding and judgment was for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.
On the trial, it was admitted that the defendant is in possession of the premises and that the plaintiffs are the owners thereof unless their title has been divested by a sheriff’s deed made to defendant’s grantor in pursuance of a sale of the premises by virtue of an execution issued by the clerk of the circuit court of…
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