Seay v. Hesse
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bent Circuit Court. — Hon. O. O. Bland, Judge. (1) This case is clearly distinguished from the decisions of this court, which hold that where a husband invests his wife’s money in real estate he is held as a trustee for her; for in this case in the purchase of the original tract he put in $700 of his own means.
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Appeal from Bent Circuit Court. — Hon. O. O. Bland, Judge. (1) This case is clearly distinguished from the decisions of this court, which hold that where a husband invests his wife’s money in real estate he is held as a trustee for her; for in this case in the purchase of the original tract he put in $700 of his own means. (2) Under the testimony in this ease this $1,300 should only be considered as a debt, for, according to Greorge Hesse’s own testimony, she let him have it upon his promise to return it to her whenever she demanded it, and there is no evidence of any demand ever having been…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
— This is an action to charge real estate known as the Victor mill property, which was deeded to the defendant Elizabeth Hesse, with a judgment in favor of plaintiff and against George Hesse, her husband, upon the ground that the property was purchased with money and means of her husband, George Hesse, while he was indebted to this plaintiff, and conveyed to his wife, Elizabeth, for the purpose of hindering and defrauding plaintiff in the collection of his debt. The defense is that the property which was conveyed or traded for this real estate, although in *454the name of Ueorge Hesse, her…
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