Le Bourgeoise v. Blank
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court. Since the Statute of Frauds, parol partition is not valid. — 1 Ter. Laws, 394 ; 2 Bla. Comm. 324; 1 Pars, on Beal Estate, 430, sect. 12 ; 1 Washb. on Beal Prop. 416, sect. 7 : Moss v. Anderson, 7 Mo. 436 ; McGabev. Hunter, 7 Mo. 355 ; Rector v. Waugh,.17 Mo. 13 ; Long v. Stapp, 49 Mo. 509 ; Hazen v. Bennett, 50 Mo. 507 ; Jones v. Reeves, 6 Bich.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court. Since the Statute of Frauds, parol partition is not valid. — 1 Ter. Laws, 394 ; 2 Bla. Comm. 324; 1 Pars, on Beal Estate, 430, sect. 12 ; 1 Washb. on Beal Prop. 416, sect. 7 : Moss v. Anderson, 7 Mo. 436 ; McGabev. Hunter, 7 Mo. 355 ; Rector v. Waugh,.17 Mo. 13 ; Long v. Stapp, 49 Mo. 509 ; Hazen v. Bennett, 50 Mo. 507 ; Jones v. Reeves, 6 Bich. L. 137. Parol partitions, if the title is admitted or shown to have been in common, followed by a several possession of separate parcels, are valid, notwithstanding the Statute of Frauds, and the length of time…
1Opinion of the CourtHayden, J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover a part of United States survey No. 422, in what is now the city of St. Louis. The plaintiffs produced a patent from the United States, of date August, 1873, to August Dodier or his legal representatives, reciting the confirmation to said Dodier, in 1810, by the board of land commissioners, of five hundred arpens of land, which was duly surveyed, and a plat of which accompanies the patent. August Dodier died in 1817, leaving a widow, Pelagie, and five children — Emily, Joseph, Cecile, Charles, and Pelagie. Emily married Francis Paquette, on July 13,…
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