Hahn v. Dawson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Holt Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Anthony, Judge. (1) The preponderance of the evidence, considered with the physical facts in this case, is so great as ■ to imply gross partiality, prejudice, or misconduct on the part of the jury. Wilson ,v. Albert, 89 Mo. 544, and cases cited; Hunt v. Railroad, 89 Mo. 608; JDeering v. Saum, 56 Mo. 479; Balter v. Btonebraker’s Adm’rs, 36 Mo. 345; Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 85; Spohnv.
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Appeal from Holt Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Anthony, Judge. (1) The preponderance of the evidence, considered with the physical facts in this case, is so great as ■ to imply gross partiality, prejudice, or misconduct on the part of the jury. Wilson ,v. Albert, 89 Mo. 544, and cases cited; Hunt v. Railroad, 89 Mo. 608; JDeering v. Saum, 56 Mo. 479; Balter v. Btonebraker’s Adm’rs, 36 Mo. 345; Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 85; Spohnv. Railroad, 87 Mo. 74; Avery v. Fitzgerald, 94 Mo. 207; Henderson v. Railroad, 36 Mo. App. 114; •Garrett v. Greenwell, 92 Mo. 125. Verdicts for defendants should be,…
1Opinion of the CourtG-antt, J.
This is an action for certain lands formed in the original lines of the Missouri river oppo-‘ site to lot 2 of the northwest quarter of section 20, township 59, range 38, in Holt county, Missouri, and alleged by plaintiff to be accretions to. her land. The answer is an admission of possession but otherwise a general denial.
The evidence on the part of plaintiff tended to prove that the land sued for was an accretion to her land and on the part of defendants that it was an island or bar formed in the Missouri river running between it and the mainland for many years until the river' finally…
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