Glasgow v. Baker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The location of the sixteenth section within the range of the common field lots of the Grand Prairie is void.
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Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The location of the sixteenth section within the range of the common field lots of the Grand Prairie is void. Glasgow •». Lindell Heirs, 50 Mo. 60, and Glasgow v. Bakera 72 Mo. 441; Page v. Scheibel, 11 Mo. 187; Glasgow v. Hortiz, 1 Black, 595. An abandonment is not presumed, but must be affirmatively proved, and when the defendants show that all the land was in cultivation it devolves upon them to prove that there were any abandoned lots in Grand Prairie field. Tayon v. Ladew, 33 Mo. 205 ; Ciarle v. Hammerle, 36 Mo. 620 ; Finev. Schools, 39 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The plaintiff claims title to the premises in dispute by act of congress of the sixth of March, 1820, for the admission of Missouri into the union ; the act of the general assembly of March 3, 1851, and an order of the county court of St. Louis county of the eleventh of April, 1851, made pursuant to that act, appointing the plaintiff and two other persons commissioners to take possession of and sell the sixteenth section, township forty-five, range seven, east. The defendants claim title from owners or alleged owners of Grand Prairie common field lots under the act of congress of June 13,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Page v. ScheibelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1847
- Guitard v. StoddardSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- Glasgow v. Lindell's HeirsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Glasgow v. HortizSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- Glasgow v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
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