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Porter v. TookePorter v. Tooke

Supreme Court of Missouri
Mar 15, 1864
Reporters:
Before:
Dryden
Dryden, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The petition in this case ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍fails to state facts sufficient to constitute the cause of action for which the judgment was rendered, in that it ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍does not appear who was the owner of the land on which the building sought to be charged with the ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍lien was erected; and especially in that it does not appear that the building was erected under any contract with ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍any one having any interest or ownership in the land to bo charged; and for this cause the judgment must ‍‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍be reversed.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded; the other judges concurring.

Case Details

Case Name: Porter v. Tooke
Court Name: Supreme Court of Missouri
Date Published: Mar 15, 1864
Citation: 35 Mo. 107
Court Abbreviation: Mo.
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