Swift v. Buford
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Dorris, Judge. (.1) The judgment in this cause should have been for appellant. Coombs v. Crabtree, 105' Mo. 292, (2) The evidence is not the same as in. the cases on -which respondent relies ..for affirmance of this judgment, name-iv: Sanzenbaeher v. Santhuff, 220 Mo. 274; DePaige v. Douglas, 2'3'4 Mo. 88; Davidson v. Laclede Land & Imp. Co., 253 Mo. 223; Laclede Land & Imp.
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Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Dorris, Judge. (.1) The judgment in this cause should have been for appellant. Coombs v. Crabtree, 105' Mo. 292, (2) The evidence is not the same as in. the cases on -which respondent relies ..for affirmance of this judgment, name-iv: Sanzenbaeher v. Santhuff, 220 Mo. 274; DePaige v. Douglas, 2'3'4 Mo. 88; Davidson v. Laclede Land & Imp. Co., 253 Mo. 223; Laclede Land & Imp. Co. v. Schneider, 17(7 S. W. 388. (3) The sheriff’s deed to Jad.win recites that the judgment upon which it was based directed the sheriff to sell all of the land therein…
1Opinion of the Court
This action was begun October 7, 1916, under Section 2535, to determine title to a tract of land in Shannon County, Missouri, described as all of Section 20, Township 29, Range 1 west. A count in ejectment also is in the petition. There was a judgment for plaintiff and the defendant appealed.
It was stipulated that one E.W. Echols was the common source of title, and the owner on and before March 14, 1888, and that the defendant had been in possession of the property for one year prior to the bringing of this suit. Echols died in 1910, and his title descended to Mary Echols Bell, his only heir,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gibbens v. GibbensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Blum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Cummings v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Scharff v. McGaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Davis v. BriscoeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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