Corrigan v. Schmidt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) A middle letter is no part of a name, and its omission is not a misnomer .or variance. Smith v. Boss, 7 Mo. 463; Ormev. Shephard, 7 Mo. 606; Tallmadge v. Franklin, 5 Johns. 84; Keene v. Mead, 3 Pet. Sup. Ct. IT.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) A middle letter is no part of a name, and its omission is not a misnomer .or variance. Smith v. Boss, 7 Mo. 463; Ormev. Shephard, 7 Mo. 606; Tallmadge v. Franklin, 5 Johns. 84; Keene v. Mead, 3 Pet. Sup. Ct. IT. S., p. 1. (2) When personal .service is had on a defendant, jurisdiction is obtained-, although he maybe sued by the wrong name; and, even when summoned by publication, it is sufficient to employ the Christian name by which he is generally known. Steinman v. Strimple, 29 Mo. App. 478. {3) Where the- name by…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
— This is an action to set aside a judgment for taxes and sale thereunder and to set aside a deed by John J. Kane, the purchaser at said sale, to the defendants Brownley and wife, and from Brownley and wife to defendants Schmidt and judgment for posses*307sion of the premises, and monthly rents and profits against said Schmidts. The salient facts of the ease as disclosed by the record are about as follows:
The mother of the plaintiffs died in 1879, and their father, Patrick J. Corrigan, died on the seventh day of O ctober, 1880, leaving the following children his only heirs at law: Mary A., aged…
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- Holden v. VaughanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
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