Dessaunier v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This suit was filed on the 14th day of September, 1853, and is for the recovery of two-fifteenths of 120 arpens in the Grand Prairie common field.
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This suit was filed on the 14th day of September, 1853, and is for the recovery of two-fifteenths of 120 arpens in the Grand Prairie common field. The land was granted to William Bizette in 1769, by his estate sold to Charles Bizette in 1775, and was confirmed by the act of 29th April, 1816, to William Bizette or his legal representatives, and duly surveyed as No. 1589. The case has been in the Supreme Court twice before this appeal, reported in 22 Mo. 95, and 27 Mo. 48. Charles Bizettc died on the land in 1780, leaving his widow, Marie Christine, and three…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
When this case was here before, the defendant claimed a presumed title under Brazeau. That claim is now abandoned, and the case now presented is as follows :
The land was confirmed to Bizette’s representatives. It was originally conceded to William Bizette, and in 1775, after the death of William Bizette, it was judicially sold to Charles Bizette, who died leaving three children. One of those children, Marie Louise, married Louis Boissy and died in 1818, leaving five children, of whom Emily and Margaret wore two. The plaintiffs claim to be the representatives of these two, and as such claim an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Reaume v. ChambersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
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