Waddell v. Chapman and Thomasson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court. — Eon. J. G. Slate. Judg’e. (1) Ann Ross, the widow of Carl Ross, who died in 1882, was entitled to dower, which' was a life estate. R. S. 1879, sec. 2186. (2) Ann Ross had only a life estate to convey by her quitclaim deed to Caroline Spicer, and that is all she did convey, she had no paper title whatever, neither did her husband, Carl Ross, except the declaration and disclaimer of J. P. Ross, offered by appellant and rejected by the court.
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Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court. — Eon. J. G. Slate. Judg’e. (1) Ann Ross, the widow of Carl Ross, who died in 1882, was entitled to dower, which' was a life estate. R. S. 1879, sec. 2186. (2) Ann Ross had only a life estate to convey by her quitclaim deed to Caroline Spicer, and that is all she did convey, she had no paper title whatever, neither did her husband, Carl Ross, except the declaration and disclaimer of J. P. Ross, offered by appellant and rejected by the court. It was duly executed, acknowledged and recorded and was competent evidence. (3) Appellant sought to show the kind of…
1Opinion of the Court
I. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan County.
The amended petition filed February 5, 1918, was for partition of forty acres of land in said Morgan County. It alleged that plaintiff and defendants, Nannie Chapman and others, who were bodily heirs of Caroline Spicer, deceased, or their assigns, were the owners as tenants in common of the land, through a conveyance thereof to said Caroline Spicer, for life, with remainder to her bodily heirs, she having departed this life in the year, 1917; that defendant Laura E. Thomasson is the tenant in possession of said land. That the title of said…
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