Macklot v. Dubreuil
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis Circuit Court. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES, 1. The certificate of the Recorder of Land Titles, dated 18th August, 1842, was improperly admitted in evidence, 3 Story’s Laws U. States, 1972, act for procuring cultivation, &c., before Recorder D. C. The land in question was not a “lot” in the meaning of act of 13th June, 1812, and was not therefore confirmed by that act; and the Recorder had no jurisdiction of it. 2. The admission in evidence of the testimony…
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APPEAL from St. Louis Circuit Court. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES, 1. The certificate of the Recorder of Land Titles, dated 18th August, 1842, was improperly admitted in evidence, 3 Story’s Laws U. States, 1972, act for procuring cultivation, &c., before Recorder D. C. The land in question was not a “lot” in the meaning of act of 13th June, 1812, and was not therefore confirmed by that act; and the Recorder had no jurisdiction of it. 2. The admission in evidence of the testimony taken before Hunt, the recorder, is objectionable for the same reasons. 3. The second instruction asked by defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by Dubreuil to recover the undivided moiety of a tract or lot of ground lying in St. Louis county. The suit was commenced on the 26th January, 1839. The plaintiff below obtained a verdict, and judgment was rendered thereon, in 1814.
The plaintiff derived his title from the heirs of Louis Dubreuil. In 1785 a concession of the land in dispute was made by Cru?;at, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana, to Sylvester Sarpy, and in 1790 Sarpy conveyed the land by deed to Louis Dubreuil. "Libreuil died before the change of government, and in 1808 his…
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