City of Carondelet v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis La/nd Court. This cause has heretofore been before the supreme court. (See Carondelet v. St. Louis, 25 Mo. 448. On the trial an immense mass of evidence was adduced. It is deemed unnecessary to set it forth.
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Appeal from Si. Louis La/nd Court. This cause has heretofore been before the supreme court. (See Carondelet v. St. Louis, 25 Mo. 448. On the trial an immense mass of evidence was adduced. It is deemed unnecessary to set it forth. The court, at the instance of the plaintiff, gave the following instructions: “ 1. All the right, title and interest of the United States in and to the commons of Carondelet was vested in the inhabitants of Carondelet on the 13th of June, 1812, according to the extent and boundaries of the said commons as the same existed and had been claimed and used by the said…
1Opinion of the CourtNaptoN, Judge
The question upon which this case turned in the Land Court we consider as virtually settled -by the previous decisions of this court, and fully supported by distinct enuncia-tions of the same principle, and a similar application of it by the Supreme Court of the United States.
*534In the case of Carondelet v. McPherson, this court declared “ that a survey regularly made and approved is conclusive upon the government that the land within the boundaries is the land granted, and the acceptance of the survey by the grantee is conclusive that all the land granted is within the boundaries.” (20 Mo. 204.)
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Minor v. Edwads & PriceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1848
- City of Carondelet v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1857
- City of Carondelet v. McPhersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
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- Downend v. Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
- Robinson v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890