Smith v. Catlin Land & Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The recitals and descriptions ix? the deeds of' Marie Louise Chouteau Papin govern the boundaries and location. Gillespie v. Sawyer, 15 Neb. 536; McAfferty v. Conover’s Lessee, 7 Ohio.
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Error to St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The recitals and descriptions ix? the deeds of' Marie Louise Chouteau Papin govern the boundaries and location. Gillespie v. Sawyer, 15 Neb. 536; McAfferty v. Conover’s Lessee, 7 Ohio. St. 104; Piercy v. Crandall, 34 Cal. 343; Jackson v. Wendell, 5 Wend. 146; Jackson v. Sprague,l Payne, 494; Powell v. Clark, 5 Mass. 355; Jackson v. Bcvrringer, 15 Johns. 471; Mills v. Miller, 4 Neb. 444. (2) The possession of one tenant in common is the possession of all, and the statute of limitations does not run in favor of such…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
— This is an action of ejectment for the undivided one-half of the following parcel of land: Beginning in the east line of survey 378 at a point eighty-two chains and twenty-nine links southerly from the northeast corner of said survey, thence westerly on a line parallel with the north line of said survey one *440hundred and thirteen chains to the Skinker road, thence north one hundred and thirty-seven feet,; four and one-half inches, thence easterly parallel to north line of said survey one hundred and thirteen chains to the east line thereof, thence south one hundred and thirty-seven feet four…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Whittelsey v. KelloggSupreme Court of Missouri · 1859
- Smith v. McCorkleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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- Harding v. WrightSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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- Simpson v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898