17 Mo. 583 | Mo. | 1853
delivered the opinion of the court.
The parties claim the property in dispute, as purchasers under different judgments and executions against William
The finding of the court asserts, that it was notorious in the community that Wright had inclosed and cultivated the land in controversy in 1834, and continued such cultivation until the sale in August, 1843 ; that he did not own or occupy any other part of the quarter section, and that all the other parts of the quarter section were owned and occupied by others. We think that, if it was notorious that he owned the land in controversy, as a part of the quarter section, and that all other parts of that quarter were owned and occupied by others, a description of the land as thirty-five acres and seventy-five hundredths of an acre, part of that quarter section, was sufficient to prevent any imposition or sacrifice of the property, and sufficient to pass the title to the property thus claimed and occupied by him in that quarter section.
The plaintiff filed a petition for review and we have looked into the evidence given on the trial. The evidence supports the finding of the court, and that finding is sufficient to warrant the judgment given for the defendant. The judgment is affirmed.