Coleman v. Allen
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The claim and possession of Carondelet, by force of the act of June 13, 1812 (2 U. S. Stat. 748), vested in it the fee to the land in controversy.— .Bird v. Montgomery, 6 Mo. 511; Chouteau v. Kckhardt, 2 How. 421; Guitard v. Stoddard, 16 How. 494 ; West v. Cochran, 17 How. 413. Carondelet was not deprived of her title by reason of the fact that the land was not within the survey. — Page v. Scheibel, 11 Mo. 167; Milburn v. Hortez, 23 Mo.…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The claim and possession of Carondelet, by force of the act of June 13, 1812 (2 U. S. Stat. 748), vested in it the fee to the land in controversy.— .Bird v. Montgomery, 6 Mo. 511; Chouteau v. Kckhardt, 2 How. 421; Guitard v. Stoddard, 16 How. 494 ; West v. Cochran, 17 How. 413. Carondelet was not deprived of her title by reason of the fact that the land was not within the survey. — Page v. Scheibel, 11 Mo. 167; Milburn v. Hortez, 23 Mo. 532; 5. c., 1 Black, 595 (in point) ; Kissell v. Schools, 18 How. 25; Guitard v. Stoddard, 16 How. 494. No right could…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, P. J.
Plaintiffs sue in ejectment for fractional section 9, township 44 north, range 7 east, containing thirty-seven and forty-one one-hundredths acres. Prior to the year 1800, a line was surveyed by Don Antonio Soulard for the northern boundary of Carondelet commons; commencing on the Mississippi River bank at a point known as the Sugar Loaf Mound, and running westwardly to the east line of the common-fields. The line thus located was marked by a brush fence, and was thenceforth considered and used by the villagers as the true northern boundary of their commons. The act of Congress of June 13,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Frisbie v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- West v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Carondelet v. Saint LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
3Cited by2 opinions
- Dohr v. WolfgangWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- Coleman v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882