Legal Opinion

Bedford v. Sykes

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 28, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) The plaintiffs possession claimed to be adverse was arrested and the running of the statue of limitations in his favor suspended when the action of ejectment was commenced August 20, 1886, continued to be suspended up to the date of the judgment June 19, 1888, and continued suspended during the life of the judgment, and when defendant took possession it related to the institution of that suit.

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Appeal from Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) The plaintiffs possession claimed to be adverse was arrested and the running of the statue of limitations in his favor suspended when the action of ejectment was commenced August 20, 1886, continued to be suspended up to the date of the judgment June 19, 1888, and continued suspended during the life of the judgment, and when defendant took possession it related to the institution of that suit. Snell v. Harrison, 131 Mo. 503; Estes v. Nell, 110 Mo. 651. (2) The action of ejectment between Sykes and Bedford tried the title to the…

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

— This is a proceeding under the Act of 1897 (Laws 1897, p. 74), section 650, Revised Statutes 1899, begun on January 17, 1898, to quiet the title to all that part of the west half of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the east half of southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 23, township 26, range 10, lying along the south of the Bloomfield and Greenville road, east of the premises occupied by" Albert Moore, west of the fence separating the tract from Ringer’s addition to the town of Bloomfield and premises occupied by Wm. W. Perry, and running southward from…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. WearSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  2. Estes v. NellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Koehler v. RowlandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
  2. Mann v. DoerrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  3. Matthews v. KarnesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
  4. Randolph v. EllisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
  5. State v. JaegerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911

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