Pickel v. Pickel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) A father has a right to give property to his sou on condition by will or otherwise and retain the title, giving to the ¿son the income, and creditors have no right to complain. Such a gift does not become effective to pass title and may be revoked at any time and the record title put in the donor.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) A father has a right to give property to his sou on condition by will or otherwise and retain the title, giving to the ¿son the income, and creditors have no right to complain. Such a gift does not become effective to pass title and may be revoked at any time and the record title put in the donor. Partridge v. Covender, 96 Mo. 452; Roden v. Helm, 192 Mo. 86. (2) A conditional gift does not pass title; hence Frederick J. Pickel never had title to any of the stocks in controversy. The elder Pickel retained the ownership…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN", P. J.
Action in equity to set aside conveyance of corporate stock and to subject said stock to payment of judgments. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
*652This action grows ont of prior litigation between plaintiff Ella Pickel and defendant Frederick J. Pickel in the circuit court of St. Louis city.
On June 22nd, 1910, plaintiff seperated from her husband, Frederick J. Pickel, and retained the custody of their only child, a son, of the age of sis years. In November, 1910, plaintiff instituted against defendant Frederick J. Pickel, a suit for maintenance of herself and child,…
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- Hartzler v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Hulett v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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