Valle v. Obenhause
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error io St. Louis Circuit Court. During the joiut lives of the husband and wife, the right of possession was in him alone; and during that period the wife has only a reversionary interest; and where he has the curtesy initiate by the birth of a child, his interest may be conveyed, or assigned, or sold under execution. And the statute of limitations does not begin to run against the wife till bis death.
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Error io St. Louis Circuit Court. During the joiut lives of the husband and wife, the right of possession was in him alone; and during that period the wife has only a reversionary interest; and where he has the curtesy initiate by the birth of a child, his interest may be conveyed, or assigned, or sold under execution. And the statute of limitations does not begin to run against the wife till bis death. (See Gregg vs. Tesson, 1 Black, 154; Warrance vs. Alexander, 17 Mo., 228 ; Bryan vs. Wear & Hickman, 4 Mo., 106 ; Beal vs. Harmon, 38 Mo., 435 ; Reaume vs. Chambers, 22 Mo., 36; Junction…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
This is an action of ejectment to recover an undivided sixth of an outlot or common field lot in Carondelet, confirmed by the act of 29th of April, 1816, to Delor de Neget’s representatives.
The plaintiff’s interest is derived from Angelique Pigeon who was a daughter of Delor de Ueget. Angelique was married to Hyacynth Pigeon in the spring of 1815, and had several children, the oldest of whom was probably born within the first year of their marriage. Hyacynth Pigeon died just before the commencement of this suit, over a hundred years old, and Angelique survived him.
The confirmation to Delor de…
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