Wilcox v. Coons

This suit involves the .title to ,220 acres of farm land in Randolph County worth more than $7500. Appellate jurisdiction therefore is in this court for two reasons: Art. V, Sec. 3, Const. Mo. 1945. On change of venue the cause was tried to a jury in Audrain County, and was heard on a fourth amended petition in two counts: the first being an action to determine title ;■ and the second, in ejectment. . ......

The plaintiffs-respondents and the defendant-appellant Otis Temple, both claim title tu the land, the former under a deed duly acknowb edged on its face, and the latter under subsequent…