Legal Opinion
Githens v. Butler County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 12, 1942No. 38031PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Flora Githens, claiming to be the owner by purchase from Butler County of two tracts of land consisting of 333 acres, brought this suit to quiet the title and alleged that Butler County claimed some interest in the land.
Butler County answered the suit by alleging that the deeds under which the plaintiff claimed were void and asked the court to cancel the deeds and decree the title to the land to be in the county.
The allegation upon which the county relied as making the deeds void was "that at the time of said order, made by said County Court, that D.M. Githens was the husband of Flora…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Whelan v. ReillySupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- County of Nodaway v. KidderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Goodyear v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Modern Woodmen of America v. AngleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
- Nielsen v. RichardsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Low v. Town of MadisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
- Frazier v. State by and Through PittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Kesinger v. BurtrumMissouri Court of Appeals · 1956
- Polk Tp., Sullivan County v. SpencerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
- Ehlert v. WardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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