Supreme Court of Missouri May 15, 1875 (Turner v. Hall)

Hough, Judge,

delivered, the opinion of the court.

This ivas an action of ejectment, commenced in 1872, to recover a tract of land in Nodaway county.

In 1849, Benjamin Holland, who lived in Kentucky, entered through his son, Ferry Holland^ Avho lived in Nodaway county, Missouri, the land in controversy, and on the 2nd day of October, 1854, a patent issued from the United States to Benjamin