Weir v. Baker

[254] Plaintiff obtained a judgment on a note against Charles and Mary E. Baker, father and daughter. Then plaintiff brought this suit against them and Baker’s wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, Mary’s mother, to set. aside a conveyance dated in 1943 by Mary to her mother of residence property in St. Louis. ,

Mrs. Baker claims she originally acquired the residence property in 1931 but had always carried it in the name of a straw party. On February 2,1942 Baker and his daughter Mary executed a. promissory note payable to plaintiff. On July 24, 1942 the property was conveyed by the straw party, in…