Supreme Court of Missouri October 15, 1856 (Krevet v. Meyer)

Scott, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

By the common law, a person having a right of entry to lands in the possession of another might enter into the possession, and although he was subject to an indictment for any breach of the peace committed in making his entry, yet there was no remedy provided by which he could be compelled to make restitution of the possession thus forcibly taken.