St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. King

This is an action in ejectment to recover a triangular strip of ground, which plaintiff claims is a part of its right of way, in the city of Rolla. Samuel Copp, as trustee for the Pacific Railroad, under which plaintiff claims title, was granted 40 acres of land by the United States government in 1858. This land was described as the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 11, township 37, range 8. Copp, in the same year, conveyed to Phelps County a triangular tract, in the northwest corner of this 40-acre tract, containing about 3 1/2 acres. The northeast corner of this…