Broyles v. Cox
Supreme Court of Missouri
Hughes, Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Judge. (1) The mother died in Eebruary, 1883, and from that time until his marriage, in 1884, about 18 months, Sumner Oox lived alone on the land, keeping batch. The plaintiff’s debt was contracted in March, 1883, when Sumner Oox was living alone on the land.
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Hughes, Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Judge. (1) The mother died in Eebruary, 1883, and from that time until his marriage, in 1884, about 18 months, Sumner Oox lived alone on the land, keeping batch. The plaintiff’s debt was contracted in March, 1883, when Sumner Oox was living alone on the land. He was not a housekeeper, nor was he the head of a family. . There is not a particle of evidence that he controlled, supervised and managed the affairs about the house. Ridenour-Baker Gro. Oo. v. Monroe, 142 Mo. 165. (a) Nor was there any evidence tending to show that any of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
William S. Cox died in Lincoln county, in August, 1896, leaving personal property of the value of $292, and fifty-eight acres of real estate of the value of $1,316.26, which being duly appraised, by appraisers appointed by the probate court, as of the value stated, was, by order of that court, turned over to his widow, the defendant, Emma Cox, as her absolute property and letters of administration refused “unless on application of creditors or other persons interested the existence of further or other property be shown.”
Thereafter in 1897, the plaintiff applied to the probate court for an…
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