Nunn v. Carroll
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Ralls Circuit Court. — Hon. David H. Eby. Judge. (1) The plaintiff under the recent statutes as to the property rights of married women, was a feme sole, as to all of her property, and had full control and disposition of it. These statutes give the wife a separate legal existence. Gabriel v. Mullen, 30 Mo.
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Appeal from the Ralls Circuit Court. — Hon. David H. Eby. Judge. (1) The plaintiff under the recent statutes as to the property rights of married women, was a feme sole, as to all of her property, and had full control and disposition of it. These statutes give the wife a separate legal existence. Gabriel v. Mullen, 30 Mo. App. 464; Claw v. Chapman, 125 Mo. 101; Bedsworth v. Bowman, 104 Mo. 44; Brown v. Bowen, 90 Mo. 184. And she can have an agent for the management and disposition of all her property. What she can do herself she can do by her agent. The old doctrine, that a married woman…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
Omitting caption, the petition is as follows:
“Plaintiff states that she is the owner of the following described real estate, situated in the county of Ralls and state of Missouri: The east half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-one (21), township fifty-three (53), range sis (6) west, with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereof, and was during and at all times hereinafter mentioned such owner, and in the lawful possession and sole control thereof, and was on and about the fifth day of January A. D. 1899, such sole owner and in the lawful and peaceful possession thereof.
“T…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Barton v. SitlingtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Straus v. RothanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- McClain v. AbshireMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
- Brownell & Wight Car Co. v. BarnardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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