Roberts v. Walker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Andrew Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P. Grubb, Judge. This is the second appeal in this cause, the first being reported (under the same style) in 82 Mo. 200. The petition and genéral nature of the case are stated quite fully there. The suit is in equity to enforce an alleged contract or settlement in the nature of jointure, said to have been made between Joseph Walker and defendant, during the life of the former.
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Appeal from Andrew Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P. Grubb, Judge. This is the second appeal in this cause, the first being reported (under the same style) in 82 Mo. 200. The petition and genéral nature of the case are stated quite fully there. The suit is in equity to enforce an alleged contract or settlement in the nature of jointure, said to have been made between Joseph Walker and defendant, during the life of the former. The petition proceeds on the theory that Joseph Walker, prior to the enactment of the law of 1875 (Revised Statutes, 1879, sec. 3296) concerning married women, had acquired by…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
The evidence in this record is voluminous and very conflicting. We have examined it with care and agree with the conclusions which the finding of the trial court expresses. It would serve no useful purpose to review it at length. Briefly it may be said that, on plaintiff’s part, the evidence tended to show that some sort of arrangement or understanding existed between defendant and Joseph Walker, during his life, by which she was to receive, after his death, all the personal property that came to him by virtue of *601their marriage, and was then to leave the place to his children, but even the…
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