Ryland v. Banks
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. Charles L. Dobson, Special Judge. (1) The deed in trust to Graves, trustee, executed by Legrand G'. Buford for tbe benefit of Ora- O. Buford, author^ ized Graves, as trustee, upon tbe written request of said Ora, to convey the land by deed or mortgage, but it contained no restriction upon tbe power of tbe wife, Ora, to do that. It did not purport to confine ber power of conveyance to tbe mode named in the deed.
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Error to Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. Charles L. Dobson, Special Judge. (1) The deed in trust to Graves, trustee, executed by Legrand G'. Buford for tbe benefit of Ora- O. Buford, author^ ized Graves, as trustee, upon tbe written request of said Ora, to convey the land by deed or mortgage, but it contained no restriction upon tbe power of tbe wife, Ora, to do that. It did not purport to confine ber power of conveyance to tbe mode named in the deed. That mode by tbe terms and tbe purport of tbe deed was merely permissive and not mandatory; cumulative, and not exclusive. Green v. Sutton, 50…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is a partition proceeding and the questions involved in this court arise between the defendants, Coleman Buford and Florence Eckle, who claim a part of the land partitioned, as the heirs of Legrand G. Buford, Jr., and Ora C. Buford his wife, on the one side, and the defendants, Anna Jones, Irvin Zeysing, Jr., and others, heirs of Irvin Zeysing, Sr., who claim under their ancestor to own the same part of the land, as grantees, by mesne conveyances, of Le-grand Gr. Buford, Jr., and Ora C. Buford, his wife, on the other side.
In 1863, Legrand Buford, Sr., died seized of the land in…
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