Hunter v. Hemphill
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Pike Circuit Court. 1st. That there is not in the re J :■ , Menee of the locality of the claim, nor that it ot'.-r--«.•:) i’.c fund in question. 2nd. Tbs laying down that cl.-nni cu too registers map, was not v ¡.minted by any law, and w.,-: hi, unauthorized deforcement of the plat. 3rd, The claim as laid down in the may, does not in fact embrace all the land in question. 4th.
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Error to Pike Circuit Court. 1st. That there is not in the re J :■ , Menee of the locality of the claim, nor that it ot'.-r--«.•:) i’.c fund in question. 2nd. Tbs laying down that cl.-nni cu too registers map, was not v ¡.minted by any law, and w.,-: hi, unauthorized deforcement of the plat. 3rd, The claim as laid down in the may, does not in fact embrace all the land in question. 4th. If Dubruiels cbim were of that class intended to be reserved from sale by the acts of Congress, the reservation would be in operation for want of location. 5th. But Dubruiels cla'm had ceased to exist and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court delivered by
Napton Judge.
Hunter brought an action of ejectment against Hemphill in the Circuit court of Pike county, to which defendant pleaded not guilty. In support of his title the plaintiff relied *108on two certificates of purchase made by the receiver of the land office at Palmyra, the first being for the ea't half of the south east quarter of section No. 8, T. 53, R. No. 1, containing 80 acres, and the second for the west half of the south east quarter of the same section. The defendant admitted the possession of the land as charged in the declaration, and the…
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