Wood v. Nortman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Jefferson Circuit Court.—Hon. L. F; Binning-, Judge. (1) The evidence offered by plaintiff was insufficient to make out a confirmation under the act of congress of July 4, 1836, because the act itself was not put in evidence, and the act is the confirmation, and is the only evidence of title from the United States. (2) Even if the act had been offered in evidence, there was not-made a case such as would give it operation to confirm the land in controversy.
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Error to Jefferson Circuit Court.—Hon. L. F; Binning-, Judge. (1) The evidence offered by plaintiff was insufficient to make out a confirmation under the act of congress of July 4, 1836, because the act itself was not put in evidence, and the act is the confirmation, and is the only evidence of title from the United States. (2) Even if the act had been offered in evidence, there was not-made a case such as would give it operation to confirm the land in controversy. Ashley v. Cramer, 7 Mo. 98 ;• Landis v. Perkins, 12 Mo. 255. (3) It was error to admit in evidence the proceedings in the…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
This suit by ejectment was instituted in the circuit court of Jefferson county to recover possession of part of lots 103 and 104, particularly described in the petition. The answer, besides being a general as well as a specific denial of the averments of the petition, also set up the statute of limitations as a bar to plaintiff’s right of action. Plaintiff recovered judgment, and defendant brings the same before us on writ of error.
Plaintiff, on the trial, undertook to derive title through one Baptiste Douehouquette, to whom Charles Dehoult Delassus, lieutenant-governor of the Spanish…
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