Crispen v. Hannavan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ray Court of Common Pleas. I. The testimony is sufficiently consistent and clear to show that there were two or three breaks between the time when possession was first taken by Judge Arnold, in 1836 and 1861, when possession was last had by any one under whom plaintiff claims. The first noticeable break in the possession was a period between the occupation of Hugh Standly and that of his family, and the time when Norvill took possession.
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Appeal from Ray Court of Common Pleas. I. The testimony is sufficiently consistent and clear to show that there were two or three breaks between the time when possession was first taken by Judge Arnold, in 1836 and 1861, when possession was last had by any one under whom plaintiff claims. The first noticeable break in the possession was a period between the occupation of Hugh Standly and that of his family, and the time when Norvill took possession. The second and most distinct and protracted break in said possession was for some two or three years prior to the time when Shannon took…
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge
The plaintiff claims possession of the land in controversy by virtue of title acquired under the statute of limitations, and while it is .conceded that only a portion of the 160 acres claimed was inclosed and under actual cultivation, yet as the several deeds under which the plaintiff and his grantors entered embrace the whole quarter-section, he claims that his and their possession covered by construction all the land so embraced in said deeds, although they may have failed to convey the legal title.
Ordinarily, the possession of one who does not hold the true title can extend only to the…
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