Legal Opinion

Hartt v. Rector & Dobbin

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 15, 1850PublishedCited by 3 opinions

ERROR TO COOPER CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The court erred in excluding the plaintiff’s title, derived from the sheriff’s sale of July, 1837. 3. The court erred in excluding the plaintiff’s title, derived from Nowlin’s deed of July, 1836. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 301, and notes ; 3 Phil. Ev. 1370, Cowen & Hill’s Notes, note 943; Gates v. Lewis, 7 Yt. R. 511; Loomis v. Jackson, 19 Johns. 449 ; Worthington v. Hylyer, 4 Mass. R. 196 ; Blaque v. Gould, Gro.

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ERROR TO COOPER CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The court erred in excluding the plaintiff’s title, derived from the sheriff’s sale of July, 1837. 3. The court erred in excluding the plaintiff’s title, derived from Nowlin’s deed of July, 1836. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 301, and notes ; 3 Phil. Ev. 1370, Cowen & Hill’s Notes, note 943; Gates v. Lewis, 7 Yt. R. 511; Loomis v. Jackson, 19 Johns. 449 ; Worthington v. Hylyer, 4 Mass. R. 196 ; Blaque v. Gould, Gro. Oa. 447 ; Lush v. Drux, 4 Wend. 318 ; Jackson v. Clark, 7 Johns. 333; Jackson v. Moore, 6 Gowen, 706; Mclver’s Lessee v. Walker, 9 Cranch, 178; Davis v.…

1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.

This was an action of ejectment tried in the Cooper Circuit Court, in which the plaintiff suffered a non-suit, on account of the rejection of certain evidence of title that he offered.

The cause has been twice before in this court. It was brought here in August, 1842, by the plaintiff and was reversed. See Hartt v. Rector, 7 *360Mo. R. 531. The plaintiff had a verdict at the next trial, which took place in 1843, and judgment thereon, which was reversed by this court in January, 1844. See Rector v. Hartt, 8 Mo. R. 448. Upon the last trial, which took place in September, 1847, the plaintiff gave as…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Elofrson v. LindsayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Wood v. MurphyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Ware v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877

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