Johnson v. Ferguson

This action was begun in the Circuit Court of Pettis County on April 6, 1928. Plaintiffs' petition alleged that plaintiffs owned land in Pettis County, thus described:

"The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 5, in Township 45, Range 21, except a strip fifty feet wide off of the west side thereof, which belongs to Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and which is a part of said railroad right of way, and except a strip thirty feet wide off of the east side thereof, which is a part of the public highway, and except a rectangular tract described as follows: Beginning at a point in…