Balz v. Nelson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Transferred from St.' Louis Court of Appeals. (1) Husband and wife can contract together the same as individuals. Seay v. Hesse, 123 Mo. 463. (2) A debt dne a wife from a husband stands on as good a footing as a debt due any other person, and she may be given a preference over other creditors.
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Transferred from St.' Louis Court of Appeals. (1) Husband and wife can contract together the same as individuals. Seay v. Hesse, 123 Mo. 463. (2) A debt dne a wife from a husband stands on as good a footing as a debt due any other person, and she may be given a preference over other creditors. Bank v. Winn, 132 Mo. 80; Hart v. Leete, 104 Mo. 337; Seay v. Hesse, 123 Mo. 450; Scott v. Klein, 61 N. W. (W.' Ya.) 918; MeQuown v. Law, 18 111. App. 34; Fergusan v. Spear, 65 Maine 279; Rockford Shoe Co. v. Martin, 75 Iowa 112. (3) In the examination of questions of fraud, courts will look into all…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is a bill in equity to declare fraudulent and void and to cancel two deeds to certain real estate in the city of St. Louis, one from Neis Nelson and Sophie, his wife, to her sister, Emma Decker, and the other from Emma Decker to Sophie Nelson, and thereby to divest the title to said real estate out of Sophie Nelson and leave it in Neis Nelson, as it was before said deeds were made, and to have the land sold to satisfy a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and against Neis Nelson. The circuit court entered a decree as prayed, and the defendants appealed to the St. Louis Court of Appeals.…
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