Williams v. Brownlee
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. James M. Davis, Judge. The deed from the county to Pace of July 11, 1876, operated as a merger of the legal and equitable title in Pace. 1 Jones on Mort., chap. 10, secs. 848, 859; Jerome's. Seymour, Harr. R. (Mich.) 357; Bassett v. Hathaway, 9 Mich. 28; Agnew v. Railroad, 59 Am. Rep. 237; Tylor v. Brigham, 3 N. E. Rep.
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Appeal from Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. James M. Davis, Judge. The deed from the county to Pace of July 11, 1876, operated as a merger of the legal and equitable title in Pace. 1 Jones on Mort., chap. 10, secs. 848, 859; Jerome's. Seymour, Harr. R. (Mich.) 357; Bassett v. Hathaway, 9 Mich. 28; Agnew v. Railroad, 59 Am. Rep. 237; Tylor v. Brigham, 3 N. E. Rep. (Mass.) 486 ; Állcins v. Angert, 46 Mo. 518. The holder of a note secured by mortgage devised to the owner of the equity of redemption held a release or cancellation of note. Wead v. Gray, 78 Mo. 59-66. This is not the case of…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover one hundred and twenty acres of land in Linn county. The defendant claims no interest in forty acres of the land sued for; so that the controversy is over eighty acres. The case was tried in Livingston county on a change of venue and without a jury. Defendant appealed.
The evidence discloses these facts : The land was a part of the swamp land belonging to and duly conveyed to Linn county. In 1856 the county sold the same to James Pace, but made no deed to him at that time, though he took possession. To pay the balance of the purchase price, Pace…
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