Frame v. Humphreys
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Grundy Oircuit Court. — Hon. U. G. Orion> Special Judge. • (1) The deed to Mary Ann Walker and the heirs of her body was such a conveyance as at common law created a fee tail general. 2 Sharswood’s Blaekstone, p. 214; Clarkson v. Clark-son, 125 Mo. 381; 1 Washburn on Eeal Prop., 253; Eeed v. Lane, 122 Mo. 311; Parrar v. Christy, 24 Mo. 453; Bone v. Tyrrell, 113 Mo. 175; Eozier v. Graham, 146 Mo. 352; Burris v. Page, 12 Mo. 232; Emmerson v. Hughes, 110 Mo. 631.…
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Appeal from Grundy Oircuit Court. — Hon. U. G. Orion> Special Judge. • (1) The deed to Mary Ann Walker and the heirs of her body was such a conveyance as at common law created a fee tail general. 2 Sharswood’s Blaekstone, p. 214; Clarkson v. Clark-son, 125 Mo. 381; 1 Washburn on Eeal Prop., 253; Eeed v. Lane, 122 Mo. 311; Parrar v. Christy, 24 Mo. 453; Bone v. Tyrrell, 113 Mo. 175; Eozier v. Graham, 146 Mo. 352; Burris v. Page, 12 Mo. 232; Emmerson v. Hughes, 110 Mo. 631. (2) The statute in force when this deed was executed, destroyed the fee tail in Mary Ann Walker and instead thereof gave…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.
— This is an action in ejectment, in which, from a judgment of the circuit court of Grundy county in favor of the plaintiff for an undivided two-tenths of the real estate claimed in his petition, both parties appeal. There was no dispute about the facts. The case was tried by the court without a jury. Upon the documentary evidence and an agreed statement of facts, Jewett Norris is the common source of title.
The premises in controversy is'a part of the land conveyed by deed of said Norris and wife, as follows:
“This indenture made and entered into this sixteenth day of September, 1843, by and…
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