Misenheimer v. Amos
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. —Hon. John A. Snider, Judge. (1) The evidence tends to show that Robert W. Renfroe, who lived about one-quarter of a mile from the premises, controlled the property and collected rents; that after his death his widow, Cordelia Renfroe, did so until her marriage to Jasper N. Dudley, and that thereafter he had charge for his wife and two stepchildren, Early Renfroe and Nora Renfroe, but the evidence utterly fails to disclose an…
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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. —Hon. John A. Snider, Judge. (1) The evidence tends to show that Robert W. Renfroe, who lived about one-quarter of a mile from the premises, controlled the property and collected rents; that after his death his widow, Cordelia Renfroe, did so until her marriage to Jasper N. Dudley, and that thereafter he had charge for his wife and two stepchildren, Early Renfroe and Nora Renfroe, but the evidence utterly fails to disclose an unfriendly or adverse holding as against the other cotenants. (2) The possession of one tenant in common is…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
This is an action under section 650, Eevised Statutes 1899; to have the title to the south half of lot one of the southwest quarter of section 31, township 30, range 12, in Cape Girardeau county, decreed to the plaintiffs as against the defendants.
The cause was heard at the April term, 1908, and an opinion rendered in which the judgment of the court of common pleas was affirmed. The learned counsel for the appellants felt that this court had misapprehended the facts in the record and a rehearing was granted. The cause has now been reheard and submitted upon argument.
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