Halsa v. Halsa
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from the Chariton Circuit Court. Only two points are presented by the facts in this case: 1. Whether the removal of complainant from Livingston to Chariton county, upon the proposition of his father, that he would give him the land,, form a valuable consideration, which, together with the meritorious consideration of blood between father and son, is sufficient in equity to,entitle the son to a decree of title, as against his father, upon the assignment of the…
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APPEAL from the Chariton Circuit Court. Only two points are presented by the facts in this case: 1. Whether the removal of complainant from Livingston to Chariton county, upon the proposition of his father, that he would give him the land,, form a valuable consideration, which, together with the meritorious consideration of blood between father and son, is sufficient in equity to,entitle the son to a decree of title, as against his father, upon the assignment of the duplicate. As to this point, see Littell’s Select Cases, 22, 80, 77; 2 Story’s Equity, 250; Pulvertoft vs. Pulvertoft, 18 Vesey,…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
This is a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant, complainant, against the defendants, appellees, in which it is represented that the complainant, in December, 1837, was residing in Livingston county, as now formed, in this State; that at the same time the defendant Halsa, his father, resided in Chariton county, in the possession of a considerable estate; that the complainant liad just married, and *305was poor, and received about this time a proposal from his father, expressing his willingness to give him a tract of land near his residence if he would return; that he accepted the proposal, and…
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