Martin v. Claxton

This is an ejectment suit brought by the plaintiff in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, against: the defendant, for the recovery of a certain house and lot, located in said city and particularly described in the petition. The petition was in conventional form, and the damages were placed at $1,000' for the unlawful withholding of the premises, and the monthly rents and profits were stated to be $30 per month.

The answer consisted of a general denial, a plea that the plaintiff was the illegitimate child (a bastard) of the defendant’s wife, and a cross-bill; but the matters set up in…