Snider v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Carter Circuit Court. — Hon. R. P. Owen, Judge. This was an action of ejectment brought by plaintiffs as heirs at law of Samuel C. Snider, deceased.
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Appeal from Carter Circuit Court. — Hon. R. P. Owen, Judge. This was an action of ejectment brought by plaintiffs as heirs at law of Samuel C. Snider, deceased. Defendant, by way of equitable defense, alleged in his answer that the land in controversy had been sold by the administrator of the said Samuel 0. Snider, acting under an order of the probate court, for the payment of debts of the estate, to one Hennard, from whom' defendant had purchased for value and without notice of any infirmity of title, and that he and his grantor had made large and valuable improvements on the land in good…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
Any discussion on the point of the *570legal sufficiency of the administrator’s deed, will not affect the conclusion which should he reached. If plaintiffs were the heirs at law of him under whom they claim, it is sufficient to observe that the land was sold for the debts of their alleged ancestor, aud if the deed-referred to is lacking in formality, this lack will not avail plaintiffs, as the purchaser at the administration sale, Kennard, under whom defendant claims, acquired an equitable title at least to the land in controversy, which title constitutes, when properly pleaded, as is the case…
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