Spurlock v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court.—Hon. J. P. Strother, Judge. The tax deed offered in evidence sufficiently conforms to the requirements of the statute. 2 Wag. Stat., p. 1205, § 217. It is no objection that the judgment for the sale of the land was rendered at an adjourned term of the county court. The statute provides for this. 2 Wag.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court.—Hon. J. P. Strother, Judge. The tax deed offered in evidence sufficiently conforms to the requirements of the statute. 2 Wag. Stat., p. 1205, § 217. It is no objection that the judgment for the sale of the land was rendered at an adjourned term of the county court. The statute provides for this. 2 Wag. Stat, p. 1196, § 183. This case is governed by section 184, 2 Wagner's Statutes, 1196, and not by section 188. All business transacted at an adjourned term of the county court is as valid as if done at a regular term. Higgins v. Randall, 13 Mo. 205; Wag. Stat.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Ewing, 0.
This is an ordinary suit in ejectment, charging an unlawful entry, and wrongful holding possession of the land sued for, on the 1st day of March, 1878.
The defendants’ answer was a general denial of all plaintiff’s allegations, except that defendant was in possession of the premises sued for. Plaintiff’ offered to read the following deed:
TAX DEED.
■State oe Missouri,
County of Pettis,
Know all men by these presents, That whereas, at the August (adjourned term) A. D. (1872), eighteen hundred and seventy-two, of the county court of Pettis county, a judgment was obtained in said court, in…
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