Aubuchon v. Ames
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of ejectment to recover an undivided three-tenths of so much of a tract of three by forty arpens in the “ Grand Prairie common field” of St. Louis as the defendant should be shown to be in possession of.
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Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. This was an action of ejectment to recover an undivided three-tenths of so much of a tract of three by forty arpens in the “ Grand Prairie common field” of St. Louis as the defendant should be shown to be in possession of. Plaintiffs claim title as the legal representatives of widow Hebert, to whose representatives the said lot was confirmed by act of Congress of April 29, 1816. The facts of this case, as they appeared in evidence, are the same as those of the case of Aubuclion v. Murphy. (See 22 Mo. 115.) In this case evidence was introduced by…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, Judge
This suit is brought to recover an undivided interest in a common field lot situate in the Grand Prairie of St. Louis, conceded to the widow Hebert and confirmed to her representatives by the second section of the act of Congress approved April 29, 1816, entitled “ An act for the confirmation of certain claims to land in the western district of the state of Louisiana and in the territory of Missouri.” Under the proper head in the tabular list of decisions by the recorder reported to Congress and opposite the claim of widow Hebert is this remark: “ Confirmed 120 arpens to be surveyed.” The…
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