Scott v. Whitehill

This was an action of ejectment, in which Scott was plaintiff and Whitehill and Finch defendants, in the Court below, for the recovery of a lot in the city of St. Louis. The defendants pleaded not guilty; and, on the trial, the jury found a special verdict, upon which the Circuit Court rendered judgment for the defendants; to reverse which this writ of error is prosecuted.

The special verdict shows that one Thomas Brady died seized of the premises in dispute, about the 1st of October, 1821; that on the 13th of October, 1823, the Bank of Missouri obtained a judgment against Brady’s…