Taliaferro v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ralls Circuit Court — Hon. B. F. Boy, Judge. (1) The evidence shows that Dudley Butler wished to 'give his daughter, Catharine Evans, 40 acres of, land, and that at the same time he refused to deed it to her husband, Thomas W. Evans.
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Appeal from Ralls Circuit Court — Hon. B. F. Boy, Judge. (1) The evidence shows that Dudley Butler wished to 'give his daughter, Catharine Evans, 40 acres of, land, and that at the same time he refused to deed it to her husband, Thomas W. Evans. Dudley Butler afterwards sold this land and gave the money received for it to his said daughter, and the evidence shows that though Thomas W. Evans, her husband, was permitted to use it in making the purchase of the land, yet he always regarded it as his wife’s money and acknowledged it to be hers. Under the proof this fund remained hers. Bishop on…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an appeal by defendants from an order of the circuit court, setting aside its judgment, which was in favor of defendants, and granting plaintiff a new trial.
The purpose of the action is to -have set aside, as fraudulent, a certain conveyance of two hundred acres of land in Ralls county, Missouri, of the alleged value of five thousand dollars, made by the defendant, Thomas W. Evans, to his wife Catharine Evans, dated March 2, 1894, and to subject the same to the payment, of certain judgments, amounting in the aggregate to about three thousand dollars, which were rendered in favor of…
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