Harding v. Wright
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. H. 0. O’Bbyan, Judge. (1) The effect of the deed offered in evidence by the plaintiffs was to convey to plaintiff, Mary Harding, all the land lying between the point of beginning and the east line of the lot then owned by defendant, E. W. Wright, whether the same be eight feet or sixteen .feet, and in this respect it mattered not whether her deed was recorded or not.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. H. 0. O’Bbyan, Judge. (1) The effect of the deed offered in evidence by the plaintiffs was to convey to plaintiff, Mary Harding, all the land lying between the point of beginning and the east line of the lot then owned by defendant, E. W. Wright, whether the same be eight feet or sixteen .feet, and in this respect it mattered not whether her deed was recorded or not. The language of the deed is plain and certain, and cannot be contradicted or explained by parol testimony. Whittlesey v. Kellogg, 28 Mo. 404; Jennings v. Briseadine, 44 Mo. 334;…
1Opinion of the CourtLantt, P. J.
This action of ejectment was commenced in the circuit court of Butler county and taken *4by a change of venue to Mississippi county. The petition is in the ordinary form, the land in controversy being described as follows, to-wit:
“All that part of lot 102 in the original town (now city) of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, described as follows, to-wit: Commencing one hundred and four feet west from the northeast corner of said lot, running theme west to the line of the lot owned by E. W. Wright, a distance of eight feet, more or less; thence south parallel with Sixth street one hundred and four feet;…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Campbell v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Jones v. ShepleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Jennings v. BrizeadineSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Whittelsey v. KelloggSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
- Smith v. Catlin Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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- Wolf v. MiravalleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Weissenfels v. CableSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
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