Goltermann v. Schiermeyer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge.' (1) The true division-line between the north half' and the south half of section 31, township 46, range 1,. east, is the line claimed by defendant, established by Arnold Krekel, county surveyor of St. Charles county, in 1847, and running from the original United States-quarter section corner in the east line parallel with the southern'line of said section, to a corner in the west-line thereof.
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Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Edwards, Judge.' (1) The true division-line between the north half' and the south half of section 31, township 46, range 1,. east, is the line claimed by defendant, established by Arnold Krekel, county surveyor of St. Charles county, in 1847, and running from the original United States-quarter section corner in the east line parallel with the southern'line of said section, to a corner in the west-line thereof. The court, therefore, committed error in giving instructions, numbered 3, 4, 5 and 7, asked by plaintiff, and refusing instructions,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is an action of ejectment for sixteen and ninety-five hundredths acres of land in section 31, township 46 north, range 1 east, of the fifth principal meridian in St. Charles county. The controversy arises out of a difference as to the true line-dividing the north half and the south half of that, section.
Earnest G-oltermann obtained two patents from the-United States dated in 1835 and 1837. In one, the land conveyed is described as lot 2 of the northwest quarter *411of said section, containing one hundred and three and twenty-seven hundredths acres “according to the official plat of the…
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