Mercier v. West Kansas City Land Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
JError to Jackson Circuit Court. — IIon. Samuel L. Sawyer, Judge. This was an action of ejectment. The answer of defendant, after denying the plaintiffs’ right to possession, set up a title in defendant under a deed executed by William Gillis, as trustee of Maria Louisa Mercier and her family, dated November 20th, 1865 ; that this deed was so made in pursuance of an order or decree of the circuit court of Jackson county, made September 23rd, 1858, upon a petition that day…
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JError to Jackson Circuit Court. — IIon. Samuel L. Sawyer, Judge. This was an action of ejectment. The answer of defendant, after denying the plaintiffs’ right to possession, set up a title in defendant under a deed executed by William Gillis, as trustee of Maria Louisa Mercier and her family, dated November 20th, 1865 ; that this deed was so made in pursuance of an order or decree of the circuit court of Jackson county, made September 23rd, 1858, upon a petition that day filed in said court by said Gillis, as such, trustee, and said Maria Louisa Mercier, in her own right; that the title to…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
The facts in this case are essentially the same with those in the case of Mercier v. Fort Scott & Gulf R. R. Co., decided by this court in January, 1874, (54 Mo. 506.) The questions of law presented by these facts have, however, been argued with great ability, and we are called upon to reconsider our conclusions in that case. The first question presented in 1874, and now, is as to the title of Mrs. Mercier, or her trustee, Gillis, in the land sold, or claimed to be sold to defendant. It is claimed on the side of plaintiffs that this was only a life estate in Mrs. Mercier, with remainder to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mercier v. Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874