Thomas v. Hunt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Sloven, Judge. (1) The title to land used for purposes of -street or highway is in the adjacent proprietors. Cans Co. v. Railroad, 113 Mo. 309; Snoddy v. Bolen, 122 Mo. 479; Hannibal Co. v. Schaubacher, 57 Mo. 582; Thurston v. St. Joseph, 51 Mo. 512; Ferrenbachv. Turner, 86 Mo. 419; Pechv. Smith, 1 Conn. 103; Fordv.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Sloven, Judge. (1) The title to land used for purposes of -street or highway is in the adjacent proprietors. Cans Co. v. Railroad, 113 Mo. 309; Snoddy v. Bolen, 122 Mo. 479; Hannibal Co. v. Schaubacher, 57 Mo. 582; Thurston v. St. Joseph, 51 Mo. 512; Ferrenbachv. Turner, 86 Mo. 419; Pechv. Smith, 1 Conn. 103; Fordv. Railroad, 14 Wis. 609; Peck v. JDenniston, 121 Mass. 18; Angelí on Highways [3 Ed.], secs. 313-315; 9 Am. and Eng. Encyclopedia of Law, 375; Elliott, Roads and S. 549. (2) And the action in form of ejectment will lie by lot owner…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfaklaNE, J.
The action is ejectment to recover a strip of land fifteen feet wide and one hundred and twenty feet long, in Banson and Tally’s addition to Kansas City. The petition was in the usual form, and the answer was a general denial.
Banson and Tally’s addition was duly platted and the plat recorded in 1858. Tracy avenue was the eastern boundary of the addition and was marked on the plat as being thirty feet wide. In June, 1878, an order was made by the county court of Jackson county purporting to vacate said avenue. The land lying east of and adjoining Tracy avenue was known as land 16 and and was…
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