Glasgow v. Baker
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Adams, J. The common fields were a connected and continuous' series of lots, en masse, surrounded by a common fence.— Page v. Scheibel, 11 Mo. 187; Glasgow v. Hortez, 1 Black, 595. If the whole of the township was granted or disposed of by said act of congress, tbe plaintiff can not recover in this action. —Glasgow v.Hortez, 1 Black, 595 ; 2 How. 345, 375 ; Glasgow v. Lindell’s Heirs, 50 Mo. 70, 81; Glasgow v* LindelVs Heirs, 72 Mo.…
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Adams, J. The common fields were a connected and continuous' series of lots, en masse, surrounded by a common fence.— Page v. Scheibel, 11 Mo. 187; Glasgow v. Hortez, 1 Black, 595. If the whole of the township was granted or disposed of by said act of congress, tbe plaintiff can not recover in this action. —Glasgow v.Hortez, 1 Black, 595 ; 2 How. 345, 375 ; Glasgow v. Lindell’s Heirs, 50 Mo. 70, 81; Glasgow v* LindelVs Heirs, 72 Mo. 443. All of this township was granted and disposed of on the 13th of June, 1812, by the first and second sections of said…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, P. J.
This ejectment suit has been pending ever since the year 1853, and has been twice passed upon by our supreme court. 50 Mo. 60; 72 Mo. 441. The plaintiif is the last surviving commissioner of three who were appointed under an act of the general assembly, approved March 3, 1851, to take possession of section 16, in township 45, north of range 7. east, and to sell the same, etc. Sess. Acts 1851, p. 706. The state’s title under which this authority was given dates from the act of congress of March 6, 1820, admitting Missouri into the Union, and the ordinance of acceptance of July 19, 1820. This…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hornbeck v. WestbrookNew York Supreme Court · 1812
- McDonald v. SchneiderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
- Glasgow v. Lindell's HeirsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Glasgow v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880