Gruen v. Bamberger
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Boyle, J. A judgment against the husband alone for the ante-nuptial debts of the wife is erroneous. —Minor’s Inst. 360, 388; Schouler’s Dom. Rel. 72; Gage v. Reed, 15 Johns. 403; Gray v. Thatcher, 4 Ala. 136; Platner v. Patchin, 19 Wis. 333; Angel v. Felton, 8 Johns. 149; Drue v. Thorn, Aleyn, 72; Richardson v. Hall, 5 Eng. Com.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Boyle, J. A judgment against the husband alone for the ante-nuptial debts of the wife is erroneous. —Minor’s Inst. 360, 388; Schouler’s Dom. Rel. 72; Gage v. Reed, 15 Johns. 403; Gray v. Thatcher, 4 Ala. 136; Platner v. Patchin, 19 Wis. 333; Angel v. Felton, 8 Johns. 149; Drue v. Thorn, Aleyn, 72; Richardson v. Hall, 5 Eng. Com. L. 14; Mitchison v. Hewson, 7 Term .Rep. 351. The defendant, having pleaded to the merits, cannot raise the objection of non-joinder of parties. — Daily v. Houston, 58 Mo. 361; Boal v. Morgner, 46 Mo. 48; Rickey v. Tenbroeck,…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
An action was commenced against the defendant and wife before a justice of the peace, on an ante-nuptial contract of the wife. On motion of the plaintiff, the justice dismissed the suit as to the wife, and the husband thereupon moved the justice to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction, which motion the justice overruled, and rendered judgment *262against him, from which judgment he appealed to the circuit court.
In the circuit court the parties submitted the cause on the following agreed statement of facts: “The plaintiff,. Jacob M. Gruen, sold and delivered to Frederica Dorgut, a widow, the…
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