Legal Opinion

Carlin v. Wolff

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided February 20, 1900PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) Even if the plat had not been acknowledged, or had been otherwise defectively executed, still this would not have been fatal to its admissibility in evidence. Rollins v. McIntyre, 87 Mo. 496; Baker v. Vanderburg, 99 Mo. 390. A plat will amount to a dedication with the streets and numbers indicated thereon in general terms, without giving the dimensions of the lots.

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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. D. W. Shackleford, Judge. (1) Even if the plat had not been acknowledged, or had been otherwise defectively executed, still this would not have been fatal to its admissibility in evidence. Rollins v. McIntyre, 87 Mo. 496; Baker v. Vanderburg, 99 Mo. 390. A plat will amount to a dedication with the streets and numbers indicated thereon in general terms, without giving the dimensions of the lots. California v. Howard. 78 Mo. 88. (2) The evidence conclusively shows that taking Main street (as located on the plat) for a base or starting line, and measuring…

1Opinion of the Court

IN DIVISION TWO.

SHEEWOOD, J.

Injunction to restrain defendants, and chiefly defendant Hermann, from building his fence and thereby obstructing a certain alley in the immediate rear of plaintiff’s premises, situate in that certain and uncertain locality known and unknown as the “Lower Jefferson Addition” to the Oity of Jefferson. In addition to injunctive relief the petition prays for an assessment of damages as compensation for obstructing the alley aforesaid, which it is charged denied plaintiff ingress to, and egress from, the rear end of his lot. The answer of Hermann denies having ever…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889
  2. Tipton v. RennerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  3. Owen v. FordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Hurtgen v. GascheMissouri Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. Corken v. WorkmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1936
  3. State Ex Rel. Reynolds County v. RidenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. Wiegand v. WestOregon Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Forbs v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1904

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