Crockett v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to St. Louis Circuit' Court. Malees the following points in support of the judgment of the Circuit Court: 1. Taking the instructions in the reverse order in which they were given and stand with the ',11 of exceptions, I maintain that the second instruction given by the court, which is in substance ■ at the admissions of defendant, Morrison, as to his title to the lot, were incompetent evidence, the unquestionable law applicable to the ease.
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ERROR to St. Louis Circuit' Court. Malees the following points in support of the judgment of the Circuit Court: 1. Taking the instructions in the reverse order in which they were given and stand with the ',11 of exceptions, I maintain that the second instruction given by the court, which is in substance ■ at the admissions of defendant, Morrison, as to his title to the lot, were incompetent evidence, the unquestionable law applicable to the ease. See stat. of Frauds; 15th Johnson’s Rep., 234» ad 6 do., 21. 2. Nor was the court below wrong in giving the first instruction prayed by defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtTapton, J.
This was an action of ejectment by Crockett, to recover a lot of ground It. Louis. The suit took place in May, 1845, and the defendant had •rdict and judgment.
*4The plaintiff, to maintain his right to the possession, gave in evidence a copy of a deed from Hypolite Bolon to Francis, Edward and Lewis Bricknell, sons of Francis Bricknell, sr., dated August 22d, 1811, having first accounted for the loss of the original. The plaintiff also produced a deed from Francis Bricknell, jr., to himself, conveying, in consideration of fifteen hundred dollars, the lot referred to in the deed from Bolon to…
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