Chouteau v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from -Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon James Gibson, Judge. Action for assignment of dower. The plaintiff and Pierre M. Chouteau were married in 1849; he died in 1885, and during the marriage was seized in fee of the undivided one-half of some twenty lots situated in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Appeal from -Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon James Gibson, Judge. Action for assignment of dower. The plaintiff and Pierre M. Chouteau were married in 1849; he died in 1885, and during the marriage was seized in fee of the undivided one-half of some twenty lots situated in Kansas City, Missouri. In June, 1850, he, being seized of the fee in the premises, conveyed without warranty his half interest in the property-to Berenice P. Chouteau, but his wife did not join in the conveyance. In July, 1853, Berenice E. Chouteau conveyed the same' to Joseph Guinotte, and in March, 1867, conveyed in fee the…
1Opinion of the CourtShebwood, J.
Upon the foregoing facts the only question raised by the record is, whether the plaintiff is dowable in the litigated property.
Quite recently in this court the subject has been discussed at‘ large, whether a widow was entitled to dower in land which her husband alone had, for a consideration of $1 never paid, conveyed to a railroad company *384for a right of way; and, though at first it was held in division number one of this court that she was thus dowable (Venable v. Railroad, 19 S. W. Rep. 45), yet, upon transfer of that cause to court in banc, it was determined, after an extensive examination…
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- Randall v. KreigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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- Venable v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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