Hoffman v. Riehl
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The following is the description contained in the deed of John Steiner to Mary Steiner: “ The west half of the east half of the south-west quarter of section 14, township 44 north, range 6 east; and also a piece or parcel of land of the south-east side of the north-west fractional quarter of the same section, township and range — butted and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake on the line between said section 14 and section 23, from…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The following is the description contained in the deed of John Steiner to Mary Steiner: “ The west half of the east half of the south-west quarter of section 14, township 44 north, range 6 east; and also a piece or parcel of land of the south-east side of the north-west fractional quarter of the same section, township and range — butted and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake on the line between said section 14 and section 23, from where the corner of sections 15, 22, 23 and said section 14 making but one corner bears west 20 chains distance; thence…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, Judge
If the only description in the deed had been “the west half of the east half of the south-west quarter of section 14,” under some circumstances it would be just and proper to determine the rights of the parties by an equal division of the land between them; but the deed under which the plaintiff claims calls for specific boundaries, courses, distances and corners, which must not be disregarded if they are intelligible and furnish the necessary data for the true location of the land.
The only controversy between the parties arises out of the manner in running the division line between them, and…
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