Lindell v. McNair
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from the circuit court of St. -Louis county. Marguerite S. McNair, brought her action of ejectment in the circuit court, against Peter Lindell and obtained a jüdgment there, to reverse which,Lindell appeals to this court.
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APPEAL from the circuit court of St. -Louis county. Marguerite S. McNair, brought her action of ejectment in the circuit court, against Peter Lindell and obtained a jüdgment there, to reverse which,Lindell appeals to this court. The jury find specially that the land for whici this action was brought, descended to her from her grandmother, who died in the year 1803; that in the year 1805, she intermarried with Alexander McNair, and lived with him as his wife, till his death took place in 1826; that the said Alexander McNair and the plaintiff, then being his wile on the 22nd day of March in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Tompkins J.
In the year 1816, the territorial assembly adopted the common law of England and all the statutes of the British Parliament in aid of, or to supply the defects of the said common law, made prior to the fourth year of James the first, and of a general nature and not local to that kingdom;, which said common law and statutes, not contrary to the laws of this territory nor repugnant to, nor inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of the United States, it is declared shall be the rule of decision in this territory, till altered &c. The laws of Spain, which…
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