Meyer v. Koehring
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. — Hon. Rudolph Hiezel, Judge. (1) Evidence of a gift does not support an- allegation of a transfer for valuable consideration. Hall v. Knappenberger, 97 Mo. 509. (2) An allegation that the owner of a negotiable note, “for a good and valuable consideration by indorsement, in writing, assigned, transferred and delivered” the note to plaintiff, is an allegation of a transfer for a valuable consideration.
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. — Hon. Rudolph Hiezel, Judge. (1) Evidence of a gift does not support an- allegation of a transfer for valuable consideration. Hall v. Knappenberger, 97 Mo. 509. (2) An allegation that the owner of a negotiable note, “for a good and valuable consideration by indorsement, in writing, assigned, transferred and delivered” the note to plaintiff, is an allegation of a transfer for a valuable consideration. When the adjectives “good” and “valuable” are so joined in the description of a single consideration, they collectively mean that the consideration was not…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a proceeding in equity for the purpose of having canceled a certain deed of release, executed by defendant Maria E. Koehring, to her .codefendants, Clara M. and John H. Koehring, on the fourteenth day of November, 1892, releasing a certain deed of trust executed by said Clara M. and John H. Koehring on the twentieth day of February, 1892, to the plaintiff, Wehrmann, as trustee on certain lands therein described to secure the payment of two promissory notes for the sum of $832.50 each, executed by them to said Maria on said twentieth day of February, 1892, one payable one year after…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hall v. KnappenbergerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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