Stevens v. Martin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) Title to real property may be acquired by conveyances, limitation with adverse possession of part with color of title to the whole, and prescription, and the period of limitation and prescription in this State is ten years, both the same.
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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) Title to real property may be acquired by conveyances, limitation with adverse possession of part with color of title to the whole, and prescription, and the period of limitation and prescription in this State is ten years, both the same. Since plaintiffs and those through whom they claim had paid taxes and expended their money on the land (lot 86) for at least thirteen years and no one else claimed the land, the title vested in plaintiffs. “Land may be acquired only by grant, it is true, but a grant is presumed from long…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, P. J.
— Ejectment for lot 86 in town of Bloomfield. Suit brought December, 1897. Answer, general denial. Plaintiffs showed title had emanated from the United States Government by patent, which issued from the Government in 1839, and plaintiffs connected themselves with that title by a regular chain of conveyances, which conveyed title or which were at least color of title; they, or those under whom they claim, their tenants, etc., were in the actual, adverse, notorious and exclusive possession of a part of the lot in the name of the whole, paying taxes on the whole lot in good faith, and otherwise…
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