Woodward v. Woodward
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — HoN. James T. Neville, Judge. (1) A wife is bound to follow tbe fortunes of ber bus-band and to live where he chooses to live, and in the style which he may adopt until death part. Messenger v. Messenger, 56 Mo. 329; Easter v. Kaster, 43 Mo. App. 118; Thompson on Homesteads (1 Ed.), sec. 14; Schouler v. Dom. Rel. 293. (2) Injunction will not lie.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — HoN. James T. Neville, Judge. (1) A wife is bound to follow tbe fortunes of ber bus-band and to live where he chooses to live, and in the style which he may adopt until death part. Messenger v. Messenger, 56 Mo. 329; Easter v. Kaster, 43 Mo. App. 118; Thompson on Homesteads (1 Ed.), sec. 14; Schouler v. Dom. Rel. 293. (2) Injunction will not lie. R. S. 1889, sec. 5510. Injunction will not lie to restrain a trespasser unless he is insolvent or the injury is irreparable. James v. Dixon, 20 Mo. 79. It must permanently impair the enjoyment of property in…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
The plaintiff is the wife of the defendant James Woodward. They were married in June, 1889.
At the time of her marriage, she had about $1,000 which she had inherited from her father.
At the solicitation of her husband, she invested $500 of this money in January, 1891, in a tract of land containing eighteen acres, in Greene county.
For a balance of $295 she executed her note in which her husband joined her. On this note the defendant, her husband, has paid $241.75, out of his own means and earnings. The tract adjoined a small farm of twenty acres owned by the husband, and after the purchase he…
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