Baker v. Vanderburg
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Sloven, Judge. (1) At the time of filing the plat of McGee’s addition to the City of Kansas, Holmes and McGee were in possession of the land platted, claiming to own the same in fee simple; and the plat of said addition, being duly acknowledged by Holmes and McGee as the proprietors of said addition, duly certified and deposited for record with the recorder of Jackson county, in which the City of Kansas is situate, vested as…
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Appeal from Jaclcson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Sloven, Judge. (1) At the time of filing the plat of McGee’s addition to the City of Kansas, Holmes and McGee were in possession of the land platted, claiming to own the same in fee simple; and the plat of said addition, being duly acknowledged by Holmes and McGee as the proprietors of said addition, duly certified and deposited for record with the recorder of Jackson county, in which the City of Kansas is situate, vested as to Holmes and McGee, and all persons claiming by, through or under them, the fee of all the streets, alleys and parcels…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The plaintiff and appellant is the owner of lots fronting on a block of ground in McGee’s addition to the City of Kansas. He brought this suit for himself aiicl all other persons similarly situated to have the block declared a public park, and to restrain defendants from erecting buildings thereon.
Mrs. Eleanor R. Campbell owned the forty acres of which the block in question is a part; and, in 1850, she and her husband, John Campbell, conveyed it to Pollard, who conveyed it to Riddlesbarger, in 1857, and he conveyed it to N. Holmes and E. M. McGee in February of the same year. The property was…
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