Thompson v. Lyon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. •This case was before the court in 20 Mo. 155. After the remanding of the cause, the plaintiffs amended their petition, setting forth the respective titles of plaintiffs and defendants, but asked judgment simply for the possession of the premises, thus making the action an ejectment.
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Error to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. •This case was before the court in 20 Mo. 155. After the remanding of the cause, the plaintiffs amended their petition, setting forth the respective titles of plaintiffs and defendants, but asked judgment simply for the possession of the premises, thus making the action an ejectment. At the close of plaintiff’s case the cause was submitted, to the court, and, upon the evidence, the court made the following finding : The court finds that on the second day of July, 1829, Charles Collins and wife, for the consideration therein mentioned, executed,…
1Opinion of the CourtBay, Judge
This cause has been in this court before, and will be found reported in 20 Mo. 155.
It was then held that an infant could not execute a power of appointment coupled with an interest, but if it appeared from the facts of the case that the defendants were purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice, they would be protected in their possession against the claim of the plaintiffs. That if Virginia Wetherell, who had nothing but an eqirity in the disputed premises, by her conduct was the means of passing that equity to a purchaser for a valuable consideration, without notice, she would…
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- Thompson v. LyonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
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