Mosley v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) The description in the deeds introduced in evidence by the defendant is so vague and indefinite that no title was passed thereby, neither were said deeds, or either of them sufficient to clothe the. defendant with col- or of title to the land in controversy. Varguey v. Richardson, 19 Mo. 96; B'ell v. Dawson, 32 Mo. 79; Holmes v. Strantman, 35 Mo. 293; Alexander v. Hicox, 34 Mo. 496; Dixon v. Finnegan, 182 Mo.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. Guy D. Kirby, Judge. (1) The description in the deeds introduced in evidence by the defendant is so vague and indefinite that no title was passed thereby, neither were said deeds, or either of them sufficient to clothe the. defendant with col- or of title to the land in controversy. Varguey v. Richardson, 19 Mo. 96; B'ell v. Dawson, 32 Mo. 79; Holmes v. Strantman, 35 Mo. 293; Alexander v. Hicox, 34 Mo. 496; Dixon v. Finnegan, 182 Mo. Ill; Campbell v. Johnson, 44 Mo. 246. (2\ The judgment rendered in the former 3’t was res adjudicata in this case. In…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action to recover the possession of and to determine the title to the following described land in Wright County, Missouri, to-wit: “Commencing forty rods north of the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section Twenty-two, Township Thirty-one,- Range Thirteen, thence running north 4.84 chains, thence southwest to a point forty rods north of the southwest corner of said southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said' Section Twenty-two, thence east to the place of beginning.” The following rough plat, drawn by the writer, will show the…
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