Grooms v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. — Hon. John O. Park, Special Judge. (1) A deed will be construed to convey whatever interest or estate the grantor may nave in the land at the time of its execution, unless the deed shows the grantor’s intention was to pass a less estate or interest.
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Appeal from Clinton Circuit Court. — Hon. John O. Park, Special Judge. (1) A deed will be construed to convey whatever interest or estate the grantor may nave in the land at the time of its execution, unless the deed shows the grantor’s intention was to pass a less estate or interest. Bray v. Conrad, 101 Mo. 331; 2 Devlin on Deeds. 849. A quit-claim deed simply employing the words “remise, release and forever quit-claim” contains sufficient operative words of conveyance to carry what- ■ ever interest the grantor has. Wilson v. Albert, 98 Mo. 537; Ins. Co. v. Landis, 50 Mo. App. 116. (2) The…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
Ejectment for forty acres of land in Clinton county. Plaintiff recovered an undivided interest in the property sued for and defendant appeals.
William Grooms is the common source of title. He died intestate in May, 1874, leaving a widow; also six children by a former marriage. Plaintiff is one of those children. At the time of his death William Grooms occupied the land as a homestead, and it is established by a preponderance of evidence that said property was not then worth more than $1500,
*549The widow of said William Grooms married a man named Martin, and at a date not shown by the record joined…
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