66 Mo. 285
Decided October 15, 1877
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1877-10-15
<p>Forcible Entry and Detainer. A complaint in an action for forcible entry and detainer before a justice of the peace, not verified by affidavit, is insufficient and does not give the justice jurisdiction to try the case.</p>
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Decided 1877-10-15
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 1913
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¶1— Action for forcible entry and detain-er. Complaint insufficient because not verified by affidavit. (1 W. S., 643, § 6). The justice, therefore, never acquired jurisdiction ; no more did the court of common pleas. As the judgment of that court, however, went for the defendants, we affirm the judgment.
¶2Aeeirmed.