Dickens v. Miller
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis County Circuit Court, Edwards, J.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is an action of ejectment. It appears that the land was granted in 1857 by the United States to Rebecca Hooper, who, in 1867, conveyed it to George W. Dickens. The plaintiffs, except Mr. McElhinney, claim title to the land as the heirs at law of George W. Dickens, and Mr. McElhinney claims title as grantee of these heirs. The defendant does not exhibit any title. He claims to have entered as tenant- of George W. Dickens, and that when Dickens left the neighborhood, as hereafter stated, he simply claimed the land as his own, and repudiated the tenancy.
The defendant offered in evidence a…
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