Kendall v. Powers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Brownlee, Special Judge. (1) Neither Cummins nor the defendant who claims under him can question the validity of the conveyance from Cummins and wife to Crampton, and from Cramp-ton to Eliza Cummins, on the ground of fraud or want of consideration. As to them these conveyances are valid. Jacobs s. Smith, 89 Mo. 673; Larimore s. Tyler, 88 Mo. 661, 668 ; Bump on Fraud.
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Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Brownlee, Special Judge. (1) Neither Cummins nor the defendant who claims under him can question the validity of the conveyance from Cummins and wife to Crampton, and from Cramp-ton to Eliza Cummins, on the ground of fraud or want of consideration. As to them these conveyances are valid. Jacobs s. Smith, 89 Mo. 673; Larimore s. Tyler, 88 Mo. 661, 668 ; Bump on Fraud. Conv. 444, 446, 533. (2) The record discloses that C. G. Cummins was the absolute owner in fee-simple of the property in question, and while he was such owner, he and his wife, Eliza…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This suit of ejectment was commenced on the fourteenth of November, 1884, to recover the possession of several lots in the town of Linneus, containing in all about an acre and a half of land, and valued at five or six hundred dollars.
The facts are these : On the thirty-first of December, 1881, the plaintiffs obtained a judgment against C. Gr. Cummins for $787.09, under which the property was sold on execution and purchased by the plaintiffs on the twelfth of June, 1884. At the date of the judgment, Cummins had a wife and six children. He then and for a long time previous thereto resided on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davis v. LandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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