Legal Opinion

Prewitt v. Whittaker

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 14, 1968No. 52987PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

In this suit to quiet title to a strip of land 49.5 feet east and west by 163 feet north and south, which is a vacated street, one question presented is whether a grant of abutting lots by description, omitting in mention of the former street, carries the title to the strip to the grantees.

It does not appear in the record who owned the strip of land in question when it was dedicated as a street and when the subdivision by which it ran was platted. The following plat, which was in evidence, shows the disputed portion of Arcadia of Warsaw, Missouri, on November 11,…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brown v. WeareSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  2. Snoddy v. BolenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  3. Neil v. Independent Realty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
  4. Byam v. Kansas City Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  5. Kansas City v. Jones Store Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Carney v. HeinsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Main Street Feeds, Inc. v. HallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. Koviak v. Union Electric CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  4. State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Public Water Supply District No. 2Missouri Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. Main Street Feeds, Inc. v. HallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997

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