Spore v. Ozark Land Co.
Decision Date | 21 February 1905 |
Citation | 85 S.W. 556,186 Mo. 656 |
Parties | SPORE v. OZARK LAND CO. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; Frank R. Dearing, Judge.
Action by William D. Spore against the Ozark Land Company. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
Anthony & Eversole, for appellant. Warren D. Isenberg, for respondent.
This action was brought in the circuit court of Washington county under section 650, Rev. St. 1899, seeking to have the court define, ascertain, and determine the interest and title of the parties to this action to the land described in the petition. The death of respondent was suggested, and the cause was revived, since the appeal, in the name of Mathilda Ziegler and Warren Isenberg. The cause of action is thus alleged: To this petition defendant interposed a demurrer, which was by the court overruled, and the following answer was filed:
This cause was submitted to the court, upon the following agreed statement of facts: ...
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