Legal Opinion

Gillingham v. Brown

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 14, 1905PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. — Hon. Frank R. Dearing, Judge. Skelton v. Sackett, 91 Mo. 379, seemingly holds that an order of publication against Q. R. Noland was not sufficient where the defendant’s name was Quinces R. Noland.

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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. — Hon. Frank R. Dearing, Judge. Skelton v. Sackett, 91 Mo. 379, seemingly holds that an order of publication against Q. R. Noland was not sufficient where the defendant’s name was Quinces R. Noland. This case, however, does not appear to have followed in any of the subsequent cases, and is in terms overruled in the case of Mosely v. Reily, 126 Mo. 127. In the Mosely case, a tax. suit, the order of publication was addressed to “C. T. Clements.” The record owner was “Charles T. Clements.” There is no apparent distinction between the Mosely case and the case…

1Opinion of the Court

BURGESS, P. J. —

This is an action brought in the circuit court of Washington county, under section 650, Revised Statutes 1899, for the purpose of having *183the court to ascertain and declare the title to certain land described in an agreed statement of facts, which follows hereafter.

The court rendered judgment for plaintiff from which defendants- appeal.

The cause was tried upon the following agreed statement of facts:

“That on the fifteenth day of July, 1885, the fee simple title to the land in controversy was, by a conveyance in due and legal form properly recorded in the records of deeds in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Spore v. Ozark Land Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1905

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Williams v. LobbanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  2. Ohlmann v. Clarkson Saw Mill Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  3. Proctor v. NanceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  4. Burkham v. ManewalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  5. Burk v. PenceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907

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