Shepley v. Cowan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis Circuit Court I. The State location by McPherson as agent for the State is void, for the following reasons: ■ (a) It is not on land subject to sale or entry. The land was not public land in 1850, but was. reserved from sale, entry or location, being a part of tbe commons of Carondelet, a Spanish village having commons and common fields, adjoining on the south the common fields of St. Louis, another Spanish village, now the city of St. Louis.
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Appeal from Si. Louis Circuit Court I. The State location by McPherson as agent for the State is void, for the following reasons: ■ (a) It is not on land subject to sale or entry. The land was not public land in 1850, but was. reserved from sale, entry or location, being a part of tbe commons of Carondelet, a Spanish village having commons and common fields, adjoining on the south the common fields of St. Louis, another Spanish village, now the city of St. Louis. (6.) The grant was complete for these commons to Carondelet north of the village on the 13th of June, 1812, and vested the title in…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was an action in the nature of a bill inequity commenced by William M. McPherson in April, 1870, and after his death revived in the names of his executors and trustees under his will.
The plaintiff claimed that he was the legal owner in fee of fractional Section 9, in Township 44, of Range 7 East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at St. Louis, Mo., which fractional section of land contained 37 40-100 acres.
The object of this action was to correct errors in law and fact by the officers of Land Office Department of the United States Government, in allowing the heirs at law of Thomas *568…
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