Harrison v. Page
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Harrison in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas, on the 29th of August, 1848, against Francis W. Page,for two by forty arpens of land, lying in the Grand Prairie, about three miles from St. Louis. It was tried in October, 1850, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, for some two or three acres of the eastern end of said tract.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Harrison in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas, on the 29th of August, 1848, against Francis W. Page,for two by forty arpens of land, lying in the Grand Prairie, about three miles from St. Louis. It was tried in October, 1850, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, for some two or three acres of the eastern end of said tract. The plaintiff’s title was a confirmation, by the recorder of land titles, to Ohancillier’s representatives, referring to livre temen, No. 1, page 9, for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Gamble, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
1. In tbe case of Page v. Scheibel, 11 Mo. Rep. 167, tbe controversy was between Page, claiming under a New Madrid location, made in tbe name of Martin Coontz, or bis legal representatives, and Scheibel, claiming a common field lot in tbe Grande Prairie common field. Tbe claim to the common field lot was included in tbe report made to congress by tbe recorder of land titles, and was confirmed by act of congress of tbe 29th of April, 1816. Tbe report of tbe recorder, which was in a tabular form, referred, in one column, to tbe provincial land…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Page v. ScheibelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1847
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