Reid v. Gees
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. Edgar B. Wool folic, Judge. (1) The Legislature by the Act of December 22, 1824, R. S. 1825; p. 211, gave the trustees of any town having a common annexed to it, the power to lease such commons. This act was not repealed in the revision of 1835, but expressly excepted from the repealed laws. See.
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Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. Edgar B. Wool folic, Judge. (1) The Legislature by the Act of December 22, 1824, R. S. 1825; p. 211, gave the trustees of any town having a common annexed to it, the power to lease such commons. This act was not repealed in the revision of 1835, but expressly excepted from the repealed laws. See. Ninth, See. 34, R. S. 1835, pp. 384 and 385; Wells v. Pressy,-105 Mo. 179. (2) The Town of St. Charles did not get title to the land in controversy by the Act of Congress of January 27, 1831, as defendants contend. City v. St. Louis, 25 Mo. 461; Hammond…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Action to determine title and partition certain real estate in - St. Charles County, at one time the commons of the City of St. Charles, Missouri.
In the petition plaintiff alleges that he and Anton G. Gees owned in equal parts a 999-year lease on the property, and that defendant Hagemeier and Gees claim interest in such real estate adverse to him. The second count is the ordinary one in partition. The leasehold is alleged to have begun July 1, 1838.
By answer defendant Gees avers that defendant, Hagemeier is his tenant, and has no further interest therein: that he is the owner in fee thereof,…
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