Ruhe v. Buck
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Atchison Circuit Court.—Hon. C. A. Anthony, Judge. (1) The court below erred in finding for the defendant for the reason that the equitable title of defendants Julia, E. and O. W. Buckin the property in controversy was subject to attachment, execution and sale.
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Appeal from Atchison Circuit Court.—Hon. C. A. Anthony, Judge. (1) The court below erred in finding for the defendant for the reason that the equitable title of defendants Julia, E. and O. W. Buckin the property in controversy was subject to attachment, execution and sale. Revised Statutes, 1889, sec. 4915; Edcly v. Baldwm, 23 Mo. 588. (2) The court erred in finding for defendants for the reason that the assignment of the Perkins contract to Mrs. Julia E. Buck was a fraud upon her husband’s creditors, and the land was therefore liable to sale upon attachment and execution at the instance of…
1Opinion of the CourtG-antt, P. J.
This record presents this case.^ At the time of the transactions involved, a married woman in Missouri was incompetent to make a valid contract at law. At that time, however, she was authorized by the laws of Dakota to contract as a feme sole, and sue and be sued as such.
Mrs. Buck, the wife of O. W. Buck, became thp purchaser of a city lot in Tarkio, Missouri, and held a bond for title from Perkins the owner, until a balance of the purchase money should be paid.
Under the firm name of O. W. Buck & Company Mrs. Buck and her husband became indebted in Dakota and the interest of herself and her…
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