Bunn v. Stuart
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. — No». 'Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. (1) There was no delivery of the deeds to respondents. The testimony of appellant and of his son Joseph Burin is not contradicted as to the agreement to return the papers when called for by the grantor.
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Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. — No». 'Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. (1) There was no delivery of the deeds to respondents. The testimony of appellant and of his son Joseph Burin is not contradicted as to the agreement to return the papers when called for by the grantor. It is but the restatement of an oft-affirmed proposition to say that the appellant, having never parted with the control or dominion over the papers, and respondents having received them merely as custodians subject to the will of the grantor, no rights were acquired thereby, and no title was vested in respondents by reason of…
1Opinion of the CourtBbace, P. J.
This is an appeal from'a judgment of the circuit court of Shelby county, dismissing plaintiff’s bill in equity, which is as follows:
“Benjamin Bunn and Nettie Bunn, his wife, plaintiffs, v. William Stewart and Benjamin Stewart, defendants.
“Plaintiffs state that they are husband and wife *379and that they were married on the twentieth day of October, 1899.
“That prior to said marriage, to-wit, on February 13, 1899, the plaintiff Benjamin Bnnn, having in view the future disposition of his real estate, made and executed two warranty deeds of real estate of which he was seized, one to William Stewart,…
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