Arnold v. Willis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Rucker, Judge. (1) Notwithstanding the married women’s statutes in this state, the husband is still, it may be conceded, entitled to the possession of his wife’s real estate as at common law, and may sue in ejectment therefor. Bledsoe v. Simms, 53 Mo. 305; Cooper v. Ord, 60 Mo. 420; Kanagav.
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Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Rucker, Judge. (1) Notwithstanding the married women’s statutes in this state, the husband is still, it may be conceded, entitled to the possession of his wife’s real estate as at common law, and may sue in ejectment therefor. Bledsoe v. Simms, 53 Mo. 305; Cooper v. Ord, 60 Mo. 420; Kanagav. Bailroad, 76 Mo. 207; Wilson v. Garaghty, 70 Mo. 517; Dyer v. Wittier, 89 Mo. 81; Peck v. Lockridge, 97 Mo. 549; Flesh v. Lindsay, 115 Mo. 1. (2) If, therefore, the plaintiff had the right to the possession of the real estate claimed by him in the petition and…
1Opinion of the Court
Burgess, J. —
Ejectment for an undivided one fourth interest in the south half of lots 11 and 12 in block 4, in the original city of Brookfield, Missouri. The petition is in the usual form, and the answer a general denial.
Both parties claim title under one John W. Ricker, who, on the twenty-eighth day of April, 1868, leased in writing said premises to his mother, Sarah Ricker, for and during the term of her natural life. John W. died June 18, 1870, childless and unmarried, leaving as his only legal heirs his mother, Sarah Ricker, his brother, Wilder D., his sister, Mary, who afterward married…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leete v. State Bank of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Flesh v. LindsaySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Mueller v. KaessmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
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- Shortall v. HinckleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
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