Grimes v. Portman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — TIon. G. D. Buegess, Judge. (1) The homestead exemption is a personal privilege, which cannot be transferred to a stranger. Eberhart's Appeal, 80 Amer. Dec. 536; Thompson on Homesteads, sec. 452; United States v. Grundy, 3 Crunch, 337; Best v. Jenlcs, 13 West. Rep. (111.) 281; Kent v. Holland, 10 Mo. 259; Shuyler v. Miller, 11 West.
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Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — TIon. G. D. Buegess, Judge. (1) The homestead exemption is a personal privilege, which cannot be transferred to a stranger. Eberhart's Appeal, 80 Amer. Dec. 536; Thompson on Homesteads, sec. 452; United States v. Grundy, 3 Crunch, 337; Best v. Jenlcs, 13 West. Rep. (111.) 281; Kent v. Holland, 10 Mo. 259; Shuyler v. Miller, 11 West. Rep. 256; Welch v. Anderson, 28 Mo. 293; Davidson v. Davis, 86 Mo. 440; Casebolt v. Donaldson, 67 Mo. 308; R. S. 1879, secs. 2690, 2693, 2369. (2) The Chris-man judgment under which the defendant claims title was a prior lien to…
1Opinion of the CourtRat, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment, the petition being in the ordinary form. It was originally instituted against defendant Portman alone, but, after-wards, the Union Bank, upon its own motion, was also made a defendant, and defendants answered jointly by a general denial. The defendant bank, by deed, dated in March, 1883, conveyed the lands involved herein to defendant Portman, who was, when the suit was brought, in possession of the premises. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment had for plaintiff, from which defendants have appealed.
Plaintiff claims title under a deed of…
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