37 Mo. 556 | Mo. | 1866
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff claimed title under the act of Congress of the 13th of June, 1812. He endeavored to prove a possession
The defendants claimed title under a confirmation by the Board of Commissioners under the act of Congress of March 3, 1807, dated December 6, 1811, to the legal representatives of John B. Provenchere, on the ground of ten years’ consecutive possession prior to the 20th of December, 1803 ; the land to be surveyed conformably to the possession, and it was officially surveyed in 1835, and the survey was finally approved and recorded on the 13th of June, 1845. The original concession, the confirmation, and the survey, distinctly call for the bank of the Mississippi river as the eastern boundary of the land granted and confirmed. The defendant also gave evidence tending to prove a continuous possession of the land from 1805, under this claim of title, down to the
As this point effectually disposes of the whole case, it will be useless to examine the instructions in detail. We have found no such error in the rulings of the court below as to require a reversal.
Judgment affirmed.