Moreau v. Detchemendy
Supreme Court of Missouri
«Appeal from Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court, This was an action o£ ejectment and partition, brought by Joseph Moreau and others, heirs of Pascal Detchemendy and Theresé, his wife, to recover an interest in a tract of land containing 10,256 arpens, embraced in three adjoining concessions and confirmations.
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«Appeal from Ste. Genevieve Circuit Court, This was an action o£ ejectment and partition, brought by Joseph Moreau and others, heirs of Pascal Detchemendy and Theresé, his wife, to recover an interest in a tract of land containing 10,256 arpens, embraced in three adjoining concessions and confirmations. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and the following facts were found : On the 30th of November, 1797, Zenon Trudeau conceded to Pascal Detchemendy 1600 arpens of land, which was confirmed by the board of commissioners in 1810 and surveyed. The survey was numbered 2059. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
There are three points in this case which deserve consideration. 1. Whether the deeds made by Pascal Detchemendy and wife to their son, Clement Detchemendy, conveyed the title to the wdiole of the land therein described or only an undivided moiety. 2. Whether the mortgage to Chouteau and others, made by Pascal Detchemendy, presents any obstacle to the proceeding instituted in this case by the plaintiffs. 3. Whether the sheriff’s deed for the title of Pascal Detchemendy in the *526whole tract can be made operative, when it appears by the finding of the court never to have been sealed.
1. The two…
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