Gantt & Lee v. Mechin
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. James A. Seddon, Judge. Wolfinger became clothed with the equitable title to the lot, not merely for the term of three years, but in fee (subject, of course, to the condition of paying the purchase money), when he executed this deed and went into possession under it.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Hon. James A. Seddon, Judge. Wolfinger became clothed with the equitable title to the lot, not merely for the term of three years, but in fee (subject, of course, to the condition of paying the purchase money), when he executed this deed and went into possession under it. His relation to the land was precisely what would have existed if the trustees had made a conveyance to him reserving a mortgage to-themselves to secure the payment of the purchase money at the end of three years, during which period, interest on the purchase money was made payable…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The plaintiffs preferred a demand in the probate court of the city of St. Louis against the estate of John A. Wolfinger, deceased, one of the items of which was as follows : “Dr. To this sum, agreed on as per lease herewith shown, as the price of lot on Second street in block 50, payable September 1, 1887, seventeen hundred and sixty dollars ( $1,760).”
The probate court disallowed this demand; the plaintiffs appealed to the circuit court, where it was again disallowed, and they now appeal to this court. An agreed statement of the facts shows that the plaintiffs leased to Wolfinger in his…
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