Myers v. Hale
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to Jackson Circuit Court, Host. F. M. Black, Judge. Statement of the case by the court. The petition sets forth that on the 6th day of November, 1873, and for a long time prior thereto, Richard L. Edgeworth and Margaret Edgeworth were the owners in. fee of certain described real estate.
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Error to Jackson Circuit Court, Host. F. M. Black, Judge. Statement of the case by the court. The petition sets forth that on the 6th day of November, 1873, and for a long time prior thereto, Richard L. Edgeworth and Margaret Edgeworth were the owners in. fee of certain described real estate. That Richard L. Edgeworth, and William Edgeworth, the husband of said Margaret, were in lawful possession of said lands, cultivating the same; that on the 6th of November, 1873,. said Richard L., William, and Margaret were indebted to William E. Lee, in the sum of $4,158, evidenced by their seven equal…
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Opinion by
Hall, J.
This is an action in trover for the conversion of certain corn alleged by plaintiff to be his property. ■ Unless plaintiff had the legal title to or the right to the possession of the corn at the time of its alleged conversion by defendants, plaintiff has no standing in court and cannot recover. If for any reason the deed of trust introduced in evidence by plaintiff and relied upon by him as his ground of recovery did not convey to plaintiff the legal title to or the right to the possession of the corn at the time of its conversion by defendants, then the judgment of the…
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