Case Name: City of St. Louis to use of Felix A. McDonald, Respondent, v. Octavia Boyce et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1866-03
Citations: 37 Mo. 429
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of St. Louis to use of Felix A. McDonald, Respondent, v. Octavia Boyce et al., Appellants.
Judges: The other judges -concur.'
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 429–429

Head Matter:
City of St. Louis to use of Felix A. McDonald, Respondent, v. Octavia Boyce et al., Appellants.
Courts — Jurisdiction. — The Law Commissioner’s Court of St. Louis county has no jurisdiction in actions to enforce liens against real estate. (City to use, &c., v. Rudolph, 36 Mo. 465.)
Appeal from St. Louis Law Commissioner’s Court.
Alex. Martin, for appellant.
Wickham, for respondent.

Opinion:
Holmes, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case depends upon the jurisdiction of the Law Commissioner's Court in actions to enforce liens against real estate. It was decided here at the last term that the Law Commissioner's Court.had, no jurisdiction in such cases. (City to use, &c., v. Rudolph, 36 Mo. 465.) The judgment was for a special execution; against the real estate, and not merely for tiie debt independent of the lien, as in Kiimear v. Jones, 24 Mo. 83.
Judgment is -reversed and the suit dismissed.
The other judges -concur.'