Edwards v. Eveler
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Cole circuit Court.—Hon. T. B. Robinson, Judge. (1) The fact that she was in possession of this property on which the crop was raised or grown gave her no right to it, unless she by her own means and labor produced it. A tres- , passer can not farm out land of the owner and claim the products of his wrongdoing.
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Appeal from the Cole circuit Court.—Hon. T. B. Robinson, Judge. (1) The fact that she was in possession of this property on which the crop was raised or grown gave her no right to it, unless she by her own means and labor produced it. A tres- , passer can not farm out land of the owner and claim the products of his wrongdoing. When appellant purchased this land he bought everything standing and growing on it, and if defendant, Eveler, was living on this land as a trespasser, or without title or right, and even if she could have claimed the'products of'the ground against the rightful owner,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
The defendant, Mrs. Eveler, is the widow of Henry Eveler, deceased, the latter being the son of Bernard Eveler, also deceased. The son with his wife, the defendant, under some kind of an arrangement not disclosed, by the record before us, occupied a farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres, of which the father was owner, for some eighteen years prior -to his death, which preceded that of his father. The defendant, Mrs. Eveler, has continued to occupy the farm ever since the death of her husband. She has exercised the exclusive dominion over it, renting it to tenants and receiving the rents…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jenkins v. McCoySupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Adams v. LeipSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- McAllister v. LawlerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- Haeger v. MarcusMissouri Court of Appeals · 1878
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- Turner v. MorrisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
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