O'Day v. Meadows
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from G-reene Circuit Court. — Hon. James T. Neville, Judge. (1) Marriage settlements are not affected by subsequent divorce so as to divest rights which have vested thereunder, unless by express terms it is so decreed in the divorce proceeding. 9 Am. and Eng. Ehcy. of Law, 8601; 19 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law, 1230,1248; Saunders v. Saunders, 144 Mo. 482; Kinzey v. Kinzey, 115 Mo. 501; Doyle v. Rolwing, 165 Mo. 238; Schuster v..
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Appeal from G-reene Circuit Court. — Hon. James T. Neville, Judge. (1) Marriage settlements are not affected by subsequent divorce so as to divest rights which have vested thereunder, unless by express terms it is so decreed in the divorce proceeding. 9 Am. and Eng. Ehcy. of Law, 8601; 19 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law, 1230,1248; Saunders v. Saunders, 144 Mo. 482; Kinzey v. Kinzey, 115 Mo. 501; Doyle v. Rolwing, 165 Mo. 238; Schuster v.. Schuster, 93 Mo. 438; Rose v. Rose, 93 Ind. 255; Patton, v. Loughhridge, 49 Iowa 218; Dixon v. Dixon, 23 N. J. Eq. 316; Lister v. Lister, 35 N. J. Eq. 49;. Bufe…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is now in this court upon an appeal from a judgment in an action in ejectment begun in the circuit court of Greene county, Missouri, against B. F. Meadows, the tenant in possession. Sue I. B. O’Day, claimed to be the owner, was made party defendant on her own motion. The judgment in the Greene Circuit Court was for the defendants. The petition in which the cause of action is stated is in the usual and ordinary form of petition in actions of eject*596ment, and the land sought to be recovered is the southwest quarter of northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of northwest quarter,…
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