Drehman v. Stifel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The plaintiff offered testimony tending to prove the forcible entry and detainer by defendant.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The plaintiff offered testimony tending to prove the forcible entry and detainer by defendant. The defendant, to prove that he acted by military orders and authority, called C. W. JBissell, who testified that he was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Lyon, first; that he was then assigned to duty with Gen. Sweeny; the defendant was colonel of the 5th regiment reserved corps Missouri volun-. teers; he was appointed adjutant soon after the street fight. “ I was ordered by Gen. Nathaniel Lyon to examine these head-quarters with others, with a view of putting…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
This was an action of forcible entry and detainer upon a complaint made before a justice of the peace under the statute. The case comes here by appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court. The proceedings were commenced in September, 1863. After several trials before the justice, and a recovery, at last, of some $7,000 damages, an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court, where it was tried again in May, 1866, after the passage of the ordinance of 1865, relating to such suits, which had been pleaded in bar, and a verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendant. The questions for consideration…
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