Moore v. Rone

STONE, Presiding Judge.

Averring that on November 18, 1957, “they (plaintiffs) were the owners of and legally entitled to the possession of” certain land described by metes and bounds and identified as an island “containing 550 acres, more or less,” in the Mississippi River and within the boundaries of Pemis-cot County, Missouri, but alleging that defendants entered into possession of the island on or about June 2, 1958, and thereafter unlawfully withheld possession thereof to plaintiffs’ damage in the sum of $4,000 [Rule 89.04, Sec. 524.060],1 plain*400tiffs instituted this action in ejectment in…