Rannells v. Gerner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Plaintiff’s petition states substantially that she is the widow of Charles S. Rannells, deceased, and that during their marriage he was seized of certain real estate in the city of St. Louis, and the owner thereof in fee simple; that said real estate was conveyed to defendant’s grantor in October, 1867, by the guardian of Charles S. Rannells, the said Rannells being in March, 1866, declared to be a person of unsound mind; that…
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. Plaintiff’s petition states substantially that she is the widow of Charles S. Rannells, deceased, and that during their marriage he was seized of certain real estate in the city of St. Louis, and the owner thereof in fee simple; that said real estate was conveyed to defendant’s grantor in October, 1867, by the guardian of Charles S. Rannells, the said Rannells being in March, 1866, declared to be a person of unsound mind; that plaintiff never relinquished her dower in said premises, and that she has been wrongfully deprived and deforced thereof by…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The deed of a non-sane person, after being placed under guardianship, will be absolutely void. Tiedman Real Prop., § 792; Wait v. Maxwell, 5 Pick. 217; Pearl v. McDowell, 3 J. J. Marsh 658; Griswold v. Butler, 3 Conn. 227 ; Martindale Law Convey., §§ 26, 311; White v. Palmer, 4 Mass 147; Ingraham v. Baldwin, 9 N. Y. 45; Wilcox v. Fitzhugh, 12 Barb. 235. And guardianship is conclusive respecting the disability of the.ward, Wadsworth *479v. Sherman, 14 Barb. 169; Leonard v. Leonard, 14 Pick. 280; White v. Palmer, supra; McDonald v. Morton, 1 Mass. 543. And the same rule holds whether the person…
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