Sieferer v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) The circuit court erred in rendering judgment for plaintiff, and should have entered judgment for defendant.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) The circuit court erred in rendering judgment for plaintiff, and should have entered judgment for defendant. Kane v. Railroad-, 112 Mo. 34; Watson v. Railroad, 47 N. Y. 157; Wilson v. Hathaway, 42 Iowa 173; Brown v. Coxmty Com., 12 Mete. 208; E. S. 1889, secs. 2418, 2419, 2420. (2) If a person acquires an interest after the commencement of the proceedings, he should be regarded as a purchaser pending the litigation, and bound by the judgment in which it results. Smith v. Ferris, 6 Hun. (N. T.) 553; Tasker v. Small, 7 L. J. (Ch.) 19; Bird v.…
1Opinion of the CourtG-antt, J.
— This is an action of ejectment which, was returnable to the circuit court of the city of St. Louis. It resulted in a judgment for plaintiff on January 12, 3895. The land in dispute is thirty feet of a tract containing ninety-three one-hundredths of an acre in block 3770 of the city of St. Louis, which the city claims to have condemned for a part of Martin avenue. The answer is a general denial.
Chronologically stated, the facts in this case are as follows:
First. In 1876 William A. Mosberger died, owning a tract of land amounting to ninety-three one-hundredths of an acre, of which the thirty…
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