Key v. Jennings
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. — Hon. W. ~W. Edwards, Judge. 1. Eraud is never presumed; it must be proved by him who asserts it. 1 Story’s Eq., See. 190. There is no particle of evidence of either actual or constructive fraud 2. A manifest distinction to be traced through all the cases between executory contracts and those which have been executed.
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Appeal from Warren Circuit Court. — Hon. W. ~W. Edwards, Judge. 1. Eraud is never presumed; it must be proved by him who asserts it. 1 Story’s Eq., See. 190. There is no particle of evidence of either actual or constructive fraud 2. A manifest distinction to be traced through all the cases between executory contracts and those which have been executed. In the latter class, where a deed has been made, and possession given, there must be an eviction at law under paramount title, before the court of chancery will interfere, and the vendor, selling in good faith, is not responsible for his title…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
— This suit was instituted in- 1872 in the circuit court of Warren county, to enjoin and restrain defendant, Jennings, as trustee, from selling certain lands hereinafter described, and also to rescind a contract where-, by one Abel S. Merritt sold and conveyed to Thomas Key, the plaintiff, and Nicholas Key, the lands, the sale of which was sought to be enjoined.
The petition alleges that in 1867 plaintiff desired to purchase 1,200 or more acres of land, lying in a body, well watered and suitable for the purposes of a stock farm ; that A. S. Merritt represented to him that he was the owner of…
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