Harness v. Cravens
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. M. G-. McG-regor, Judge. The plaintiff lived in Barton county; had lived there some seventeen-years, having previously lived in Newton county five years or more on a farm, all in cultivation.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. M. G-. McG-regor, Judge. The plaintiff lived in Barton county; had lived there some seventeen-years, having previously lived in Newton county five years or more on a farm, all in cultivation. That farm'consisted of a piece of ground, to wit: The southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter, less ten acres off the west side thereof (seventy acres), all in section 7, township 24, range 29. The portion in litigation is the seventy acres, which has a house and orchard on it. The plaintiff was well known among his…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
— 1. As appears from the record in this cause, .the plaintiff herein, the defendant in the back tax suit, was proceeded against as a nonresident of the state. The petition alleged his nonresidence, and so did the accompanying affidavit. But, instead of taking out an order of publication before the clerk in vacation as authorized by section 2022, Revised Statutes, *2471889, a summons was issued to Harness returnable to tbe next November term. That summons was returned non est, October 25, 1889. This non est return was followed by an order of publication based on that return, and then judgment…
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