Rannels ex rel. Renick v. Rannels
Supreme Court of Missouri
If Olías. S. Rannels made a parol gift of the premises .in question to Mary D. Rannels, then by operation of law an estate at will — no other and no greater estate — was thereby vest-, ed in Mary D. Rannels, and she became and was a tenant at will of Chas. S. Rannels, and as such tenant could not hold adversely to him.
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If Olías. S. Rannels made a parol gift of the premises .in question to Mary D. Rannels, then by operation of law an estate at will — no other and no greater estate — was thereby vest-, ed in Mary D. Rannels, and she became and was a tenant at will of Chas. S. Rannels, and as such tenant could not hold adversely to him. (W. S., 665. Wash, on Real Prop. 144 note 1; Cole vs. Roe, 39 Mo., 411 ; Jackson Exdem Van Allen vs. Rogers, 1 Johnson’s cases 341.) The relation of landlord and tenant may be created by implication, and the law will in general imply the existence of a tenancy wherever there is…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams,‘‘ Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was ejectment for a tract of land near Laclede Station on the Pacific Bailroad in St. Louis County.
The plaintiff showed a clear paper title in himself, and the defendants stood upon the Statute of Limitations.
The evidence conduced to show that the plaintiff purchased the land in dispute for the express purpose of giving it to his sister, Mrs. Mary Eliza Bannells, wife of D. Watson Bannells, and mother of the other defendants. That he bought the land and took a deed in fee to himself, in which the land in dispute was described by metes and…
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