Legal Opinion

Altringer v. Capeheart

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1878PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Henry Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Wright, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.

This is an action of ejectment to recover possession of eighty acres of land in Henry county. The petition is in the usual form, and the hnswer is a general and specific denial. On the trial judgment was rendered for defendants, from which plaintiff prosecutes his writ of ■error. It was admitted on the trial that Joseph Capeheart entered the laud in controversy from the United States. Plaintiff, to maintain his cause of action, offered in evidence a deed of warranty from Joseph Capeheart and wife, to one Joshua E. Eurgerson, to the laud in controversy, dated November 10th, 1860; also a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gibson v. ChouteauSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
  2. Chauvin v. Wagner & DorsettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1853
  3. Miller v. McCoySupreme Court of Missouri · 1872

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dawson v. WomblesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  2. See v. MalloneeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904
  3. Becker v. KnudsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Sparks v. BrownMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
  5. Squier v. EvansSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895

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