Wilkerson v. Eilers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court—Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The trustee’s deed to Virginia Wilkerson was improperly admitted in evidence. The deed to Wilkerson’s trustee required, upon default, the publication of notice of sale to be for thirty days in some newspaper. The deed offered showed the publication was in two papers, but in neither of them for thirty days.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court—Hon. James E. Withrow, Judge. (1) The trustee’s deed to Virginia Wilkerson was improperly admitted in evidence. The deed to Wilkerson’s trustee required, upon default, the publication of notice of sale to be for thirty days in some newspaper. The deed offered showed the publication was in two papers, but in neither of them for thirty days. Kellogg v. Carrico, 47 Mo. 157. (2) The court refused to admit proper testimony, and to allow defendant to read the depositions of witnesses, Pausch, Dobler and Berry. Prewitt v. Martin, 59 Mo. 333; Norris v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
An action of ejectment for a small parcel of land in the city of St. Louis, being in the western part of block number 92 of the St. Louis commons, containing about one and three hundredths acres and fronting about four and fifty-seven hundredths chains on the east line of the Stringtown road, now Virginia avenue, by a depth east on its north line of about two and six hundredths chains, and on its south line of about three and fifty-nine hundredths •chains. The suit was commenced on the twenty-second ■day of May, 1890. The answer is a general denial.
The plaintiff is the husband of Virginia…
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