Mosher v. Bacon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) The land in suit was placed on the market as public land.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) The land in suit was placed on the market as public land. York having bought and paid for same in full, and having fully complied with all the requisites necessary to entitle him to a patent from the 'State, became the equitable owner, and any subsequent grant of the same land by Ripley county or Butler county after the change of county boundary, was absolutely void, unless the sale to saidYork had first been vacated or set aside. The proof shows that the sale to York was never vacated or set aside, and no ground for it ever…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
— The facts of this case are few, and in so far as they are material, as I view it, are undisputed. They are as follows, as stated by counsel for appellant:
“This suit is brought under section 650, to quiet title to the south half of lot number 1 of the southwest *343quarter (sometimes described as SE. YL of SW. %) of section 7, township 22 north, of range 5 east, Butler county, and containing 40 acres.
“The petition further pleaded actual notice of appellant’s adverse claim of ownership by respondent at the time he obtained a commissioner’s deed from Butler county to the land involved in suit, and…
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