Pennowfsky v. Coerver

This was a suit in common form in ejectment in the Cape Girardeau Court of Common *136Pleas to recover possession of part of two lots “in range D” in the city of Cape Girardeau, 43 feet front by 168 feet in depth, described by metes and bounds. Ouster is laid as of the 29th of August, 1901.

The answer raised legal defenses, only, to-wit: a general denial, a plea of defendant’s right to possession under a lease from a landlord who was plaintiff’s grantor, and, hence, the common source of title, and full performance of the terms of the lease on defendant’s part.

The replication was a general denial.

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