Speed v. St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Belden P. Spencer, Judge. (1) The trust deed of Isaac Drake McDowell of twentyeigbth of February, 1853, expressly reserved to bimself a life estate as one of “the children of the joint bodies of the said Joseph N. McDowell and the said Amanda V. McDowell,” and the remainder in fee after the death of said children vested in the heirs of the grantor, the plaintiff in this case.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Belden P. Spencer, Judge. (1) The trust deed of Isaac Drake McDowell of twentyeigbth of February, 1853, expressly reserved to bimself a life estate as one of “the children of the joint bodies of the said Joseph N. McDowell and the said Amanda V. McDowell,” and the remainder in fee after the death of said children vested in the heirs of the grantor, the plaintiff in this case. Freeman on Co-Tenancy, sec. 110; Pratt v. Mining Co., 24 Fed. Eep. 869; Arthur v. Weston, 22 Mo. 378; Hamilton v. Pitcher, 53 Mo. 334; E. S. 1899, sec. 4590. (2) There was…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action of ejectment to- recover the possession of one hundred and fifty feet of ground beginning at a point fifty feet north of the northwest corner of Eighth and Gratiot streets, in the city of St. Louis, and running north one hundred and fifty feet along the west line of Eighth street, by a depth of seventy feet, it being the same property upon which was formerly located what- was known as the “McDowell College.”
Isaac Drake McDowell is the common source of title. On February 28, 1855, he executed the following conveyance of the property:
“This deed made and entered into on this…
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