Orth v. Dorschlein
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis Land Court. This suit was brought on the 21st of September, 1859, in the St. Louis Land Court, to recover forty-seven acres of land in St. Louis county.
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Appeal from Si. Louis Land Court. This suit was brought on the 21st of September, 1859, in the St. Louis Land Court, to recover forty-seven acres of land in St. Louis county. On the trial, the plaintiffs proved that Martin Householder, Sr., bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in St. Louis county, of which the piece in dispute is a part, in July or August, 1838; that Martin Householder, a son of Martin Householder, Sr., rented the farm for 1837 from John L. Wood; that an American rented the farm for the year 1836 from said John L. Wood; that Martin Householder, Sr., took possession of…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
The judgment in this case is evidently for the right party, although, under the instruction given for the plaintiffs, it may well be doubted whether the jury might not (from the evidence preserved) have found a verdict for the defendant; and although some of the instructions moved by the defendant and refused might have been given without any violation of legal propriety, yet the merits of the action are so plainly with the plaintiffs, that under that clause of the statute which forbids this court to reverse the judgment of any court unless it shall believe that error has been committed by…
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