Lemon v. Lemon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — How. Edgar B. Wool-folk, Judge. (1) The conveyance in the case at bar wherein the wife figured as a grantor, joining in the conveyance with her husband, could not, considering the nature and office of a deed, be construed as conveying to her any interest in the land. Logan’s Admr. v. Caldwell, 23 Mo. 372-Land and estates or interest therein can only'be conveyed by a written instrument.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — How. Edgar B. Wool-folk, Judge. (1) The conveyance in the case at bar wherein the wife figured as a grantor, joining in the conveyance with her husband, could not, considering the nature and office of a deed, be construed as conveying to her any interest in the land. Logan’s Admr. v. Caldwell, 23 Mo. 372-Land and estates or interest therein can only'be conveyed by a written instrument. Sec. 2787, R. S. 1909; Tapley v. Ogle, 162 Mo. 197. Nannie A. Lemon’s only right or interest in the land at the time of joining in the deed was that of inchoate dower. Inchoate…
1Opinion of the CourtFaris, J.
This is an action to determine title under the provisions of section 2535, Revised Statutes 1909, to certain real estate situate in Pike County, and for *489partition thereof, in the event that it should he found that plaintiffs have any interest therein. Upon a trial below the judgment was for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
Plaintiff O. O. Turner has no interest whatever in. the lands in controversy, save and except that he is the lessee thereof for a term beginning on the 1st day of-March, 1912, and ending on the 1st day of March, 1916, at an annual rental charge of $300 per year. He became a…
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