Wilson v. Frost
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. — Row. A. M. Woodson, Special Judge. (1) Husband and wife may take real estate as tenants in common where the deed by which they take contains language clearly indicating an intention on the part of the grantor that they shall so take. 1 Preston on Estates, p. 132; 2 Preston on Abstracts of Title, P’. 41; Shep.
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Appeal from Daviess Circuit Court. — Row. A. M. Woodson, Special Judge. (1) Husband and wife may take real estate as tenants in common where the deed by which they take contains language clearly indicating an intention on the part of the grantor that they shall so take. 1 Preston on Estates, p. 132; 2 Preston on Abstracts of Title, P’. 41; Shep. Touch., 132; 4 Kent’s Com., p. 363; 1 "Washburn on Real Property, p. 674; Sharswood’s Notes to 2 Blackstone’s Com., p. 182; 1 Reed’s Blackstone, p. 470; Bishop on Law of Married Women, p. 616; Freeman on Co-tenancy and Partition, p. 72; Tied. Real…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, J.
— This is a suit in ejectment for an undivided half of 160 acres of laad.
Plaintiff claims under two deeds conveying the whole 160 acres to him, one from William Cook, and Mary E. Cook, his wife, dated July 26, 1875, the other from William Cook, dated December 9, 1875, after the death of Mary E. Cook.
Defendants are the children and grandchildren of Mary E. Cook, deceased, and claim by inheritance from her.
Plaintiff went into possession of the land in the summer of 1875, under the deed from Cook and wife, and remained in possession until November 12, 1901. William Cook died in 1899, and after…
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- Hall v. StephensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
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- Gibson v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1849
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