Coughlin v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The personal property of the wife, in possession of the husband before her death, goes to her husband absolutely at her death, as at common law.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The personal property of the wife, in possession of the husband before her death, goes to her husband absolutely at her death, as at common law. (10 Mo. 368; 32 Mo. 532; 25 Mo. 867.) H. At common law, marriage amounts to an absolute gift to the husband of all the goods, personal chattels, and other personal estate of which the wife is actually or beneficially possessed at that time in her own right, and of such other goods and chattels and personal estate as come to her during the marriage. (2 Story Eq. Jur., 2d ed., §§ 1402, 1403, 1405 ; 2 Kent Com.,…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Judge
This case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts, the essential part of which is as follows :
“Johanna Ryan was married to Edward Ryan, January 6, 1850, and they continued to live together as man and wife about two or five years, when he abandoned her, and they never lived together afterward. At the time of their marriage she held certain leasehold property in the city of St. Louis, for which she paid ground rent and taxes, and individually collected and received the rents of houses, which she had put upon said property, up to the time of her death. Said lease expired on the first day…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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