City of St. Louis v. Priest
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bt. Louis Court of Appeals. In Martin v. Halley, 61 Mo. 196, it was held that equity will interpose for the relief of one who has taken a defective conveyance, and will compel' the vendor and those claiming under him to make good the conveyance. For the purposes of this case, the defendants, as to the property involved, are the vendors of the plaintiff. . The defect in the trustee’s deed is a defect in the deed of plaintiff’s vendors. 1 Story’s Eq.
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Appeal from Bt. Louis Court of Appeals. In Martin v. Halley, 61 Mo. 196, it was held that equity will interpose for the relief of one who has taken a defective conveyance, and will compel' the vendor and those claiming under him to make good the conveyance. For the purposes of this case, the defendants, as to the property involved, are the vendors of the plaintiff. . The defect in the trustee’s deed is a defect in the deed of plaintiff’s vendors. 1 Story’s Eq. Jur. [10 Ed.] secs. 169, 170. Under section 3236 of the General Statutes,, Anderson is not entitled to invoke the statute of…
1Opinion of the CourtNouton, J.
The city of St. Louis, in 1859, was the owner in fee of certain real estate described in the three ■counts of the petition 1iled in this case, and in October ■of said year sold and conveyed said, real estate to defendants. Defendants to secure the payment of the purchase monejq executed a deed of trust conveying said real estate to one Hoyt, then comptroller of the city of St. Louis, and authorizing either him to sell and convey the property for the payment of the purchase money il default should be made in its payment, or any successor of his in office, who may be acting comptroller of the…
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