Chance v. Norris
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hooeaday, Judge. (1) As Shock owned no other property he had a right to select these lots and claim them exempt in lieu of the property mentioned in the first and second sub-divisions of section 4903, Revised Statutes 1889. R. S. 1889, sec. 4906. Finley v. Barker, 110 Mo. 408. (2) The overt act of Shock in deeding these lots away to a third party before they were levied upon by the sheriff, was, in effect, a declaration to the…
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Appeal from, Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. John A. Hooeaday, Judge. (1) As Shock owned no other property he had a right to select these lots and claim them exempt in lieu of the property mentioned in the first and second sub-divisions of section 4903, Revised Statutes 1889. R. S. 1889, sec. 4906. Finley v. Barker, 110 Mo. 408. (2) The overt act of Shock in deeding these lots away to a third party before they were levied upon by the sheriff, was, in effect, a declaration to the judgment creditor and to the public that he claimed the real estate in controversy as exempt, and therefore a good…
1Opinion of the CourtG-antt, P. J.
This is an action of ejectment for two lots, eleveh and twelve, in block 5 in the original town of Oentralia, Boone county. The petition is in the usual statutory form. The answer is a general denial, and defendant further states that long prior to June 15, 1894, defendant purchased said property from Gr. E. Shock for value received, and the same was conveyed to her by warranty deed, which deed was put of *237record on the same date, and defendant has' been in possession ever since. Defendant further answering, says that at the time she bought said lots, and long prior thereto they were, under…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Paddock v. LanceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Finley v. BarkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
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- Irondale Bank v. TerrillMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909