Missouri Laws 524.020 – Ejectment maintained in particular cases, when
An action for the recovery of the possession of land may also be maintained against any person not having a better title thereto, in all cases where the plaintiff claims possession thereof under or by virtue of:
(1) An entry or bounty land warrant location with the register and receiver of any land office of the United States, or with the commissioner of the general land office thereof; or
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 524.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) An entry with the register and receiver of any land office in this state; or
(3) A preemption right, under the laws of the United States, or of this state; or
(4) A New Madrid location; or
(5) A confirmation made under the laws of the United States; or
(6) A land scrip location made in virtue of the laws of this state; or
(7) A French or Spanish grant, warrant or order of survey, surveyed by proper authority, under the French or Spanish government, and recorded according to the usages of the country prior to the tenth of March, 1804.