Coulson v. La Plant
Decision Date | 02 July 1917 |
Docket Number | No. 18286.,18286. |
Citation | 196 S.W. 1144 |
Parties | COULSON et al. v. LA PLANT et al. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, New Madrid County; R. G. Ranney, Judge.
Action to quiet title by John Coulson and others against William La Plant, Jr., and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. Reversed, and cause remanded.
J. R. Breer, of New Madrid, for appellants. Riley & Riley, of New Madrid, for respondents.
Action to quiet title under section 2535, R. S. 1909. Petition is in the usual form, and as short as one could be made under such section. The land involved is 160 acres in section 15, township 24, range 15 east, in New Madrid county. By answer the defendants (1) admit that they claim an interest in the land, and aver that interest to be a fee-simple estate; (2) they plead both the 10 and 30 year statutes of limitation. Reply was, first, a general denial, and this followed by a plea in these words:
From this it appears that the issues were issues at law and not in equity. The cause was tried before the court without the intervention of a jury. Upon motion of plaintiff, the court made a special finding of facts and law, as follows:
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