Bogy v. Shoab
Supreme Court of Missouri
EKTtOB Tp ST. LOUIS COTJBT OF COMMON PLEAS. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against the defendants in error in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas, to recover a lot of ground in the city of St. Louis, within United States survey No. 671, for Pierre Chouteau. A judgment having been rendered in favor of the defendants, the plaintiff prosecutes his appeal.
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EKTtOB Tp ST. LOUIS COTJBT OF COMMON PLEAS. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against the defendants in error in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas, to recover a lot of ground in the city of St. Louis, within United States survey No. 671, for Pierre Chouteau. A judgment having been rendered in favor of the defendants, the plaintiff prosecutes his appeal. The questions presented by the record depend upon the construction of deeds and other documents given in evidence at the trial, and will be most readily understood by stating the material parts of these instruments in…
1Opinion of the Court
ÍTAPTOH, J.
The first question to be determined in this case is, whether tlíe exceptions contained in Chouteau’s deed to Strother were as large as the grant itself, whether the land previously sold by Chouteau embraced the entire tract conveyed to Strother. If this be determined in the negative, all the other-points in the case become immaterial.
• It is contended on the one side, that Strother’s deed embraced the whole original concession, and as that concession extended into the field lots some eighteen acres, there was at least this much for the deed to operate on, admitting that all the…
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