Hilton v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) The fund here contended for belongs to the legal owner of the lots February 21, 1881, the date of the judgment in the condemnation proceedings. Hilton v. St. Louis, 99 Mo. 199. (2) At the date of the judgment in the condemnation proceedings Mary E. Tanner was the legal and equitable owner of the lots in controversy here.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) The fund here contended for belongs to the legal owner of the lots February 21, 1881, the date of the judgment in the condemnation proceedings. Hilton v. St. Louis, 99 Mo. 199. (2) At the date of the judgment in the condemnation proceedings Mary E. Tanner was the legal and equitable owner of the lots in controversy here. Florence M. Dickey was divested of her title by the proceedings in back tax cause number 300, the sheriff’s deed therein vesting it in William D. Griswold, who in turn lost his title to Mary E. Tanner…
1Opinion of the Court
DIVISION ONE.
Maceablane, J.
The city of St. Louis, by proceedings in opening Park avenue, condemned portions of lots 5, 6, and 7, of city block, number 1282, and assessed as damages therefor the sum of $1,940.40. The /money was paid into- court by the city, and the two interpleaders, Hilton and Smith, each make claim to it. To which one of them the money belongs, depends upon which one was the owner of the land at the time the condemnation took place.
*505One Michael Brady was, as agreed, the common source of title. He died in 1868 and left surviving him his widow and four children. On the…
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