Akins v. Adams
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. — Hon. G. H. Skinker, Judge. (1) The court committed error in admitting a number of the deed records offered in evidence by the plaintiff without the proper preliminary proof that the original deeds could not be had. (2) The court committed error in admitting in evidence record of deed of Granville L. Noland, deceased, by administrator, to. Harriet E. Noland.
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. — Hon. G. H. Skinker, Judge. (1) The court committed error in admitting a number of the deed records offered in evidence by the plaintiff without the proper preliminary proof that the original deeds could not be had. (2) The court committed error in admitting in evidence record of deed of Granville L. Noland, deceased, by administrator, to. Harriet E. Noland. O’Day v. McDaniel, 181 Mo. 534. “East half and south west qr. of south east qr. 31, T. 35, R. 24,” will not in an administrator’s sale be read as being section 31, township 35, range 24. (3) The court…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
— Suing in ejectment on a petition in conventional form, with ouster laid as of a day in March, 1909, plaintiff had a verdict at a trial to a jury in the Polk Circuit Court for possession of the two parcels of land described in his petition, to-wit: a harrow strip off of the east side (a bit wider at one end than the other) and a strip in the shape of a wedge off the north side of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, section 31, township 35, range 24. We omit technical descriptions which were by metes and bounds, courses and distances. Prom a judgment following said verdict,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Knight v. ElliottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Martin v. KitchenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- O'Day v. McDanielSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Miller v. MedleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Simmons v. AffolterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
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3Cited by8 opinions
- McCready v. SouthardMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Willis v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- Wilcox v. CoonsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- Cordell v. SandersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- Walkup v. EvingerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
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