Gibson v. Chouteau
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. The chain o£ title was as follows : 1. Confirmations to James Y.-O’Carroll for 1,000 arpents, 13th March, 1806; reduced on 14th December, 1810, to 350 arpents, and extended by Recorder of land titles to 640 acres in 1815, and finally confirmed on the 29th April, 1816, to James Y. O’Carroll and his legal representatives. 2. Deed, acknowledged and recorded, from James Y. O’Carroll to George Ruddell, of 1805, for confirmation, and for all the…
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. The chain o£ title was as follows : 1. Confirmations to James Y.-O’Carroll for 1,000 arpents, 13th March, 1806; reduced on 14th December, 1810, to 350 arpents, and extended by Recorder of land titles to 640 acres in 1815, and finally confirmed on the 29th April, 1816, to James Y. O’Carroll and his legal representatives. 2. Deed, acknowledged and recorded, from James Y. O’Carroll to George Ruddell, of 1805, for confirmation, and for all the land. 3. Geo. Ruddell to Jas. Tanner and And. P. Gillespie, Mar. 7,1866, for 550 arpents in Little Prairie township, New…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
It appears that James Y. O’Carroll was the original con-firmee of a tract of six hundred and forty arpents of land situated in the county of New Madrid as a settlement right confirmed under the acts of Congress. In 1805 he conveyed the land confirmed to George Ruddell, who continued to be the owner until after the passage of the act of Congress for the relief of the sufferers by earthquakes in New Madrid. In 1816, Ruddell and wife conveyed to James Tanner and Andrew P. Gillespie a tract of 550 arpents of land situate in the town of Little Prairie, county of New Madrid, lying-on the waters of…
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