Todd v. Terry
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, George W. Ltteke, Judge. The compromise is conclusive, as to all questions therein’emb raced. Reilly v. CTiouquette, 13 Mo. 226. No investigation into the character or value of the different claims submitted will be entered into for the purpose of setting aside a compromise, it being sufficient if the parties entering into the compromise thought, at the time, that there was a question between them. Ciarle v..
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, George W. Ltteke, Judge. The compromise is conclusive, as to all questions therein’emb raced. Reilly v. CTiouquette, 13 Mo. 226. No investigation into the character or value of the different claims submitted will be entered into for the purpose of setting aside a compromise, it being sufficient if the parties entering into the compromise thought, at the time, that there was a question between them. Ciarle v.. Gammell, 125 Mass. 428-; Flanagan v. Kil-come, 58 N. H. 443; Reilly v. Chouquette, 18 Mo. 226; Rinehart r>. Bills, 82 Mo. 538. The account…
1Opinion of the CourtThompsow, J.
Mrs. Todd presented, for allowance, in the St. Louis probate court, a demand against the estate of her deceased husband, Albert Todd, for the sum of $1,268.93, claiming the same as a balance due her, by account, of moneys received by Mr. Todd, which she had inherited from her father’s estate. The evidence submitted, in support of the claim, consisted of a paper containing an account, in the handwriting of Mr. Todd, in which he *600bad charged himself, in her favor, with various moneys received by him on account of her interest in her father’s homestead, and had credited himself with a number of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walter ex rel. Purdy v. WalterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
- Hensgen v. MullallyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886
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- Estate of Lucas v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
- Winn v. RileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Steva v. StevaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
- Grimes v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- Fisher v. CloptonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
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