Abeles v. Pillman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal fom St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon, G. A. Wurdemon, Judge. (1) If the deed from Greeley to L. F. Pillman is a forgery, as the trial judge found it to he, then the defendant by reason of her mutual relationship to L. F. Pillman, in respect to the lands, is, as would have been her devisor if he had been defendant in her stead, estopped to assert title in or lawful possession of the lands by virtue of the forged deed.
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Appeal fom St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon, G. A. Wurdemon, Judge. (1) If the deed from Greeley to L. F. Pillman is a forgery, as the trial judge found it to he, then the defendant by reason of her mutual relationship to L. F. Pillman, in respect to the lands, is, as would have been her devisor if he had been defendant in her stead, estopped to assert title in or lawful possession of the lands by virtue of the forged deed. Day v. Graham, 97 Mo. 398; Henderson v. Henderson, 33 Mo. 151; Tratam v. Rogers, 31 N. Y. Supp. 836; Crispen v. Hannavan, 50' Mo. 115 ; Subway Co. v. St. Louis, 110…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, C.
This is a suit in ejectment to recover possession of two irregular strips of land lying in the southwest fractional quarter of section 13, township 37, range 10, west, Phelps county, Missouri. The suit originated in the Phelps County Circuit Court but upon change of venue was sent to the circuit court of St. Louis county where trial was had before the court without a jury, resulting in a judgment for the defendant. The petition was in the usual form. The answer contained a general denial but admitted that the defendant was in possession of 'the land. The answer also pleaded the…
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