Pease v. Lawson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Iron Circuit Court. This was an action of ejectment. Upon the trial, the plaintiff gave in evidence— 1. A patent to Andrew Jamison for the north-west quarter of south-east quarter of section 32, township 34, range 4 east, containing forty acres, dated March 15, 1837. 2. Plaintiff read a deed from J. H. Relfe and wife and Andrew Jamison to John L. Yan Doren, dated August 13,1836. 3. Copy of deed from J. L. Yan Doren to Luther Halsey, dated May 20, 1837. 4. The…
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Appeal from, Iron Circuit Court. This was an action of ejectment. Upon the trial, the plaintiff gave in evidence— 1. A patent to Andrew Jamison for the north-west quarter of south-east quarter of section 32, township 34, range 4 east, containing forty acres, dated March 15, 1837. 2. Plaintiff read a deed from J. H. Relfe and wife and Andrew Jamison to John L. Yan Doren, dated August 13,1836. 3. Copy of deed from J. L. Yan Doren to Luther Halsey, dated May 20, 1837. 4. The plaintiff then offered to read, as an acknowledged deed, a power of attorney from Luther Halsey to John M. Eager, dated…
1Opinion of the CourtDryden, Judge
The counsel for the appellants presents four grounds of error for the reversal of the judgment of the Circuit Court in this case:
First — That certain documents, purporting to be deeds for the conveyance of the land in controversy, under which the plaintiff claimed, were not sealed instruments, and, therefore, inoperative to pass the title, and should have been rejected.
Second — That the certificate of proof of the letter of attorney from Halsey to Eager being based on the testimony of the plaintiff, as subscribing witness, was incompetent evidence for the plaintiff, and should have been…
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