Collins v. Harrell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Schuyler Circuit Court. — ■ Hon. Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. The sundering of natural ties and the formation of artificial ones for the enjoyment and gratification of the party at whose instance this is done, is held and on gilt to be held to be such a consideration as tbe conrts will recognize as valuable where tbe other party has in good faith acted on and carried out the agreement on his part. This is upon the principle that the parties cannot be put in statu quo.
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Appeal from Schuyler Circuit Court. — ■ Hon. Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. The sundering of natural ties and the formation of artificial ones for the enjoyment and gratification of the party at whose instance this is done, is held and on gilt to be held to be such a consideration as tbe conrts will recognize as valuable where tbe other party has in good faith acted on and carried out the agreement on his part. This is upon the principle that the parties cannot be put in statu quo. In the very nature of things nine years in the life of a child so change conditions that' it is out of the power of an…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, J. —
This is a suit to partition 152 acres of land in Schuyler county and eighty acres of land in Macon county, Missouri. The suit was brought in the Schuyler Circuit Court. The plaintiffs and the defendants are the collateral kindred of Caleb Collins, who died intestate, without widow or issue, in Davis county, Iowa, on August 11, 1905, in which last-mentioned county he owned at the time of his death about five hundred acres of land. At the trial the defendants Albert Collins, Ira Collins, James Collins, Edward Collins and Sarah Gibson filed a joint answer disclaiming any interest in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ringo v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Rosenwald v. MiddlebrookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- Fanning v. DoanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
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- Jaycox v. BruneSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Brooks v. CookseySupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Scheerer v. ScheererSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921
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