Clarkson v. Clarkson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. (1) Tlie deed to “John Clarkson and his bodily heirs” at common law would have created an estate tail. 1 Wash. on'Real Prop., 102, 104, 105; Tiedeman on Real Prop., sec. 47; 1 Chitty’s Blackstone, side pp. 109-115; Phillips v. Laforge, 89 Mo. 72; Bu/rris v. Page, 12 Mo. 358. Such estate tail was reduced by statute in force at that date to estates for life in the first grantee, with remainder in fee to his children, and, in case any of…
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. (1) Tlie deed to “John Clarkson and his bodily heirs” at common law would have created an estate tail. 1 Wash. on'Real Prop., 102, 104, 105; Tiedeman on Real Prop., sec. 47; 1 Chitty’s Blackstone, side pp. 109-115; Phillips v. Laforge, 89 Mo. 72; Bu/rris v. Page, 12 Mo. 358. Such estate tail was reduced by statute in force at that date to estates for life in the first grantee, with remainder in fee to his children, and, in case any of his children should die without issue, then to their heirs. R. S. 1855, p. 355, sec. 5. But John Clarkson died without…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by James Clarkson and others against Sarah Clarkson, the widow of John Clarkson, to recover about one hundred acres of land in Mississippi county. Jabez Clarkson, by a warranty deed, dated the ninth of November, 1858, conveyed the land' to “John Clarkson and his bodily heirs.” Jabez died in two or three days thereafter. John was a son of Jabez. John resided on the land at the date of the deed, and continued to reside thereon until 1890, at which date he died, leaving the defendant as his widow. At the date of the deed from Jabez to John, the latter had…
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