Brier v. State Exchange Bank
Decision Date | 12 February 1910 |
Citation | 125 S.W. 469,225 Mo. 673 |
Parties | BRIER v. STATE EXCHANGE BANK OF MACON. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Macon County; Nat. M. Shelton, Judge.
Action by Mary Brier against the State Exchange Bank of Macon. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
R. S. Matthews & Son, for appellant. Dysart & Mitchell and Guthrie & Franklin, for respondent.
Plaintiff sues for the restitution to her of certain premises and an easement, claimed to be wrongfully and unlawfully withheld from her by the defendant, and for damages in the sum of $1,000, and rents and profits.
The petition states, in substance: That prior to January 1, 1897, and on and subsequent to the 11th day of May, 1877, Frank Weiden was the owner in fee of the east 20 feet of lot 6, block 64, in the city of Macon, Macon county, Mo., and that Sophia Baum was the owner in fee of the west 26 feet of said lot. That on the said property of Frank Weiden there was, and still is, erected a two-story brick store building, and that on the 11th day of May, 1877, the west 26 feet of said lot, owned by Sophia Baum, was vacant and unoccupied. That on said date Frank Weiden and Sophia Baum entered into the following deed and contract of easement, to wit: That said contract was duly acknowledged, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for Macon county, and that, by reason and in consequence of said contract, said Frank Weiden acquired an easement and use and interest in the three feet of land and property next to, and west of, and adjoining, his said property for his use as a stairway, and the said Sophia Baum acquired the right to use the west wall of said building on the property of said Weiden.
The petition further states that afterwards, and prior to January 1, 1896, there was a building erected on the 26 feet of said lot 6, owned by Sophia Baum, and that a stairway was erected in conformity to said contract, and that the same was used and enjoyed as a partnership stairway until or about the 1st day of December, 1905; that on the 1st day of January, 1896, said Frank Weiden died, owning in fee simple at the time of his death the said east 20 feet of said lot 6, and the easement aforesaid; and that by his last will and testament, duly admitted to probate in the probate court of Macon county, Mary Brier, the plaintiff, was the residuary legatee, and inherited said property, and at all times since and now is the owner of said property.
After averring that the defendant is a banking corporation, incorporated under the laws of the state of Missouri, and that it is the owner of the west 26 feet of said lot 6, subject to the aforesaid easement, and that it derived its title under and through said Sophia Baum, the petition continues: ...
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