Blondeau v. Sheridan
Blondeau v. Sheridan
Opinion of the Court
This case ■ originated in the probate court of Buchanan county ; was .appealed to the circuit court where a trial was had and judgment rendered for plaintiff ; was then appealed to the supreme court resulting in a reversal of the judgment and remanding to the circuit court for a new trial; was again tried with judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant has now appealed to this court. For a statement of the nature of the controversy we refer to the opinion by Judge Henry, speaking for the supreme court, as found in Blondeau v. Sheridan, 81 Mo., beginning at page 548.,
I. Upon reading this record, together with the opinion in the case when it was heard and decided in the supreme court, we see little, if anything, left for us to say, except that the errors there pointed out were cured on a new trial below, and we must, therefore, affirm the last judgment.
Briefly we may say the facts appear now, just as • then; Hartwig (by mistake printed '’■Hasting” in
The supreme court held, under this state of facts, that Lutz was possessed of this strip on which'Hartwigconstructed the wall, by right of title paramount to the-claim of the plaintiffs, that Lutz’s right was exclusive,, and that plaintiffs, as the assignees of McGee’s covenant of general warranty in Bradley’s favor, had a legal right to recover whatever it cost to remove said outstanding right or title so held by Lutz, not exceeding its reasonable value.
The judgment of the circuit court must be affirmed.
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