Johnson v. Stebbins-Thompson Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court.— Eon. Jno. W. McElhinney, Judge. (1) The burden of proof was on plaintiff. Bank v. Worthington, 145 Mo. 100. (2) The deed was made by sufficient authority of the board of directors, without which plaintiff would have no standing in court to prosecute this character of action. Swentzel v. Inv. Co., 168 Mo. 279. (3) The deed was not voluntary or fraudulent, and is supported by a consideration.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court.— Eon. Jno. W. McElhinney, Judge. (1) The burden of proof was on plaintiff. Bank v. Worthington, 145 Mo. 100. (2) The deed was made by sufficient authority of the board of directors, without which plaintiff would have no standing in court to prosecute this character of action. Swentzel v. Inv. Co., 168 Mo. 279. (3) The deed was not voluntary or fraudulent, and is supported by a consideration. (4) Judson M. Thompson was a third person and not a privy in any respect to Stebbins-Thompson Realty Company under the judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT.
FOX, J.
“This case ha.s been before this court on an appeal by James B. Johnson from a judgment rendered against him in the circuit court of the county of St. Louis, and which is reported in 167 Mo. 325.
“The case at that time was not orally argued on behalf of the then respondents.
“It is a suit in equity by plaintiff, a judgment creditor of the defendant, Stebbins-Thompson Realty Company, a corporation, to set aside a deed made on the 20th of February, 1897, by that corporation, to a tract of land therein described, situated in the county of St. Louis, State of Missouri, to Judson M.…
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