Woodford v. Stephens
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. The wife’s choses or personals in possession, whether owned at tlie time of the marriage or acquired subsequently, pass immediately and absolutely to the husband. (Sehoul. Dom.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. The wife’s choses or personals in possession, whether owned at tlie time of the marriage or acquired subsequently, pass immediately and absolutely to the husband. (Sehoul. Dom. Rel., 112; Matter of Grant, 2 Story O. O. 312; Hyde vs. Stone, 9 Oow., 230 ; Glann vs. Younglove, 27 Barb., 480; Winslow vs. Crocker, 17 Maine, 29 ; Morgan vs. Thames Bank, 14 Conn., 99 ; Legg vs. Legg, 8 Mass., 99 ; Hawkins vs. Craig, 6 Monr., 257; Shirley vs. Shirley, 9 Paige, 363 ; Hopkins vs. Carey, 23 Miss., 54; Hopper vs. McWhorter, 18 Ala., '229; Hoskins vs. Miller, 2 Dev.,…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was an action in the nature of a bill in equity to divest out of defendants the title to the north half of the north-east quarter of section 19, township 45 of range 45, in Johnson county, and invest the same in Martha J. Woodford, wife of plaintiff, Julius Woodford.
The petition in substance alleges that the plaintiff, Martha J. Woodford, first married Humphrey J. Marshall, and that after she was married, she received a large amount of personal property from her father, among which was a fine horse, and all of which was held by her for her separate use, and that her late husband sold…
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