Legal Opinion

Bell v. Farmers & Traders Bank

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 2, 1915PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Clark Circuit Court.—Row. Charles D. Stewart, Judge. (1) On the death of a decedent the title to his choses in action passes to his representative, and the heir can acquire no title except through administration. Jacobs v. Maloney et al., 64 Mo. App. 270; Be-craft v. Lewis, 41 Mo. App. '546; McMillan v. Wacker, 57 Mo. App. 220; Adey v. Adey, 58 Mo. App. 408; Griswold v. Mattix, 21 Mo.

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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court.—Row. Charles D. Stewart, Judge. (1) On the death of a decedent the title to his choses in action passes to his representative, and the heir can acquire no title except through administration. Jacobs v. Maloney et al., 64 Mo. App. 270; Be-craft v. Lewis, 41 Mo. App. '546; McMillan v. Wacker, 57 Mo. App. 220; Adey v. Adey, 58 Mo. App. 408; Griswold v. Mattix, 21 Mo. App. 262; Smith v. Denny, 37 Mo. 20; Richardson v. Cole, 160 Mo. 372. (2) The collateral inheritance tax is a bonus or duty levied upon the right or privilege of the devisee, heir or distributee to…

1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.

Dow M. Glover, a resident of the State of Iowa, died intestate at Wyaconda, Missouri, on July 12, 1911. It appears that he had lived in the State of Iowa for about ten years, but being in bad health he came to the home of his father, B. P. Glover, in Wyaconda, on the fifth or sixth day of June, 1911, intending to remain but a short time and to go to a sanitarium. On June 7, 1911, a day or two after coming to his father’s home, he deposited in defendant bank $1300, and on the twentieth of -the same month deposited the further sum of $150. Defendant issued to him time certificates for these…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Richardson v. ColeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  2. State ex rel. Fath v. HendersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  3. McCracken v. McCaslinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Green v. TittmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  5. Mahoney v. NevinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Odom v. LangstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  2. Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. Missouri ex. rel. StormfeltzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  3. Advance Exchange Bank v. BaldwinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. State Ex Rel. Madden v. SartoriusSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
  5. Fairchild v. LohmanDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1926

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