Blake v. Meadows
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. — Eon. J. W. Alexander, Judge. (1) When Thomas J. Meadows used the money of defendant, his wife, which had come to her by inheritance from her father and was her separate property, in the purchase of the farm in controversy, a trust thereby resulted in her favor and the land in equity belonged to her. The land was paid for by her checks only. If her mother had any interest it passed to defendant in December, 1900', when her mother died.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court. — Eon. J. W. Alexander, Judge. (1) When Thomas J. Meadows used the money of defendant, his wife, which had come to her by inheritance from her father and was her separate property, in the purchase of the farm in controversy, a trust thereby resulted in her favor and the land in equity belonged to her. The land was paid for by her checks only. If her mother had any interest it passed to defendant in December, 1900', when her mother died. Broughton v. Brand, 94 Mo. 169; Seay v. Hesse, 123 Mo. 450; Hoffman v. Hoffman, 126 Mo. 486; Jones v. Elkins, 143 Mo. 651;…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, P. J.
Thomas J. Meadows, merchant in the village of Lawson, Ray county, Missouri, doing business under the name and style of “Meadows & Co., ” on May 10,1905, was adjudged a bankrupt by the district court of the United States for the western division of the western district of Missouri. On due steps taken, Daniel P. Blake was appointed trustee of the bankrupt estate and took upon himself the burden of' administering the trust.- Presently said Blake lodged his hill in equity in the Clay Circuit Court, charging (among other things) that Meadows in March, 1898, by a deed duly executed by the then…
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