Cowell v. Gray
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court.—Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) Tlie word owner, means the person, or persons in whom the fee is vested, and also those who have an •equitable title or ownership. But such interests, whether legal or equitable, must appear of record at the time the suit is commenced.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court.—Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) Tlie word owner, means the person, or persons in whom the fee is vested, and also those who have an •equitable title or ownership. But such interests, whether legal or equitable, must appear of record at the time the suit is commenced. (2) In the - tax suit, by which defendant derived title, the only person sued was Gray, who, at the time, had only an equity of redemption; the legal title having been conveyed by Rowland and his wife to E. M. Buster, in trust for plaintiff, before the institution of the tax suit and before Gray…
1Opinion of the Court
Ewing, C.
On the twenty-seventh day of August,. 1879, the plaintiff, Cowell, commenced suit in the Macon circuit court to recover the possession of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section seven, township fifty-six, range thirteen. ' The defendant answered, alleging title and possession in himself. It appears from the evidence that both parties claim under conveyances-from Wm. B. Rowland, who was the original owner of the land sued for. That on April 1, 1878, Rowland executed and delivered a deed of trust to the premises to-one Buster, as trustee for the plaintiff, Cowell,…
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