Bradley v. Reppell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) The West Kansas City Land Company ceased to exist as a corporation on March 14, 1879. Laws of Missouri, 1858-1859, p. 292; 1 R. S. Mo. 1855, sec. 1, art. 1, chap. 34, p. 369; 2 Morawetz on Corp. [2 Ed.], sec. 1005, p. 965 and sec. 418, p. 396, vol. 1 of same; '2 Beach on Private Corp., sec. 780; Scanlanv. Crawshaw, 5 Mo. App. 337; Fairchild v. Masonic Hall Ass’n, 71 Mo. 526; Marysville Inv.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. — Hon. E. J. Broaddus, Judge. (1) The West Kansas City Land Company ceased to exist as a corporation on March 14, 1879. Laws of Missouri, 1858-1859, p. 292; 1 R. S. Mo. 1855, sec. 1, art. 1, chap. 34, p. 369; 2 Morawetz on Corp. [2 Ed.], sec. 1005, p. 965 and sec. 418, p. 396, vol. 1 of same; '2 Beach on Private Corp., sec. 780; Scanlanv. Crawshaw, 5 Mo. App. 337; Fairchild v. Masonic Hall Ass’n, 71 Mo. 526; Marysville Inv. Co. v. Munson, 44 Kan. •491; State ex rel. v. Ladies, etc., 99 Mo. 533; Krutz v. Paola Town Co., 20 Kan. 397; Sturges v. Vanderbilt, '.73…
1Opinion of the Court
DIVISION ONE,
Brace, P. J.
This is an action in ejectment in ■common form to recover the possession of certain lands described in the petition situate in Kansas City, Instituted in the circuit court of Jackson county, taken thence by change of venue and tried in the circuit court ■of Clay county. The answer was a general denial, and a plea of the statute of limitations as to a part of the land, and no claim as to the remainder. Issue was joined by reply.
On the trial, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the court sustained a demurrer to the evidence as to the plaintiff T. C. Bradley, and…
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