Strother v. Lucas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri. This was an action of ejectment in the district court of Missouri, brought by Daniel F. Strother of Kentucky, against John B. C. Lucas of Missouri, to recover a tract of .land, particularly described in the declaration, containing eighty arpens, adjoining the city of St Louis.
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ERROR to the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri. This was an action of ejectment in the district court of Missouri, brought by Daniel F. Strother of Kentucky, against John B. C. Lucas of Missouri, to recover a tract of .land, particularly described in the declaration, containing eighty arpens, adjoining the city of St Louis. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and the cause was tried at the September term 18 30, when there was a verdict for the defendant, and judgment reudered'thereon; to reverse which, this writ of error is prosecuted. The record contains a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes up on a writ of error from the district court of Missouri. It was an action of ejectment for two arpeas ©t land in front and forty arpens in depth, in and adjoining the city of St Louis in the state of Missouri.
The material question in the case arises upon an instruction given to the jury upon the prater of the defendant below, who is the defendant here.
Upon the trial no evidence was given on the part of.the defendant, and the plaintiff having closed his case, the defendant moved the court to instruct the jury as follows: “that if the jury find from the evidence that the two…
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