Legal Opinion

Foard v. McAnnelly

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 23, 1908PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Texas Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) The possession of coterminous proprietors under a mistake or ignorance of the true line and without intending to claim beyond the true line will not work a disseizin in favor of either.

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Appeal from Texas Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Woodside, Judge. (1) The possession of coterminous proprietors under a mistake or ignorance of the true line and without intending to claim beyond the true line will not work a disseizin in favor of either. Finch v. Ullman, •106 Mo. 255; Sehad v. Sharp, 95 Mo. 573; Crawford v. Ahrens, 103 Mo. 88; PIoux v. Batteen, 68 Mo. 84; St. Louis University v. McCune, 28 Mo. 481; Battner v. Baker, 108 Mo. 311; Schwartzer v. Gebhardt, 157 Mo. 99. (2) There was no evidence of an agreed line. Patton v. Smith, .171 Mo. 231. This is conclusively shown by the fact…

1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.

The petition is an ordinary petition in ejectment for the following strip of land in Texas county:

“Beginning at the northwest comer of section nineteen in township' thirty, range nine west, in Texas county, Missouri, thence running east on said section line thirty-seven chains to- a fence, thence running south one hundred and twenty-two links, thence running west with a fence thirty-seven chains, thence running north one hundred and twenty-two links to place of beginning; thence running north ten links to the northeast corner of section twenty-four, in township thirty, range ten, thence…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Taylor v. ZeppSupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
  2. Jacobs v. MoseleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
  3. Turner v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Blair v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
  5. Schad v. SharpSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Edie v. ShainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  2. Brown v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  3. Courtner v. PutnamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
  4. Myrick v. PeetMontana Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Grimes v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Missouri · 1957

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