Kegan v. Haslett
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court — Hon. John G. Park, Judge. (1) There is nothing mysterious about the lien of an ordinary judgment. It exists by virtue of statute and lasts for three years only unless void. R. S. 1899, secs. 3714, 3716. (2) And our courts apply the rule to an intermediate conveyance as well as an encumbrance. Christy v. Flanagan, 14 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court — Hon. John G. Park, Judge. (1) There is nothing mysterious about the lien of an ordinary judgment. It exists by virtue of statute and lasts for three years only unless void. R. S. 1899, secs. 3714, 3716. (2) And our courts apply the rule to an intermediate conveyance as well as an encumbrance. Christy v. Flanagan, 14 Mo. App. 253; Choteau v. Muckalls, 20 Mo. 442; Christy v. Flanagan, 87 M'o. 670; Christy v. McKee, 94 Mo. 252; Benoist v. Rothschild, 145 Mo. 411; Kline v. Vogel, 90 Mo. 248; State ex rel. v. West, 68 Mo. 232; Lenox v. Harrison, 88 Mo. 496;…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is a proceeding in equity brought by a judgment creditor to procure the cancellation of certain deeds made by the debtor in his lifetime and to subject the real property conveyed therein to the payment of the judgment. The relief is invoked on the ground that the conveyances were made in fraud of the rights of plaintiff as a judgment creditor. The learned trial judge found the issues in favor of plaintiff and entered judgment in her favor as prayed in the petition. Defendants appealed.
The facts found by the trial court, in substance, are as follows: The property in controversy consists…
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