Webb v. City of East Prairie

This is a suit to quiet title to a small triangular tract of land in Mississippi county, Missouri, instituted by Joseph A. Webb against the City of East Prairie, Missouri, a municipal corporation, and The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, a corporation. The last named defendant made default. The City of East Prairie answered and filed a cross-claim asking that title be adjudged in it. The trial before the court resulted in a judgment for the City and plaintiff has perfected his appeal.

The town of Hibbard, Missouri, is now the City of East Prairie, Missouri. The original town of Hibbard…