Williams v. Crow
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Olarlc Circuit Court. — Hon. B. E. Turner, Judge. (1) The contract on which, defendants rely is, as to Ann W. Crow, who was at the time a married woman, simply a contract of indemnity against damages sustained by a suit which might in future be brought against her grantor, and while it might bind her in Iowa under the code of that state, yet as plaintiff sought to enforce it in this state, the law of the forum will govern. 2 Parsons on Contracts, pp. 88-84. Nash…
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Appeal from Olarlc Circuit Court. — Hon. B. E. Turner, Judge. (1) The contract on which, defendants rely is, as to Ann W. Crow, who was at the time a married woman, simply a contract of indemnity against damages sustained by a suit which might in future be brought against her grantor, and while it might bind her in Iowa under the code of that state, yet as plaintiff sought to enforce it in this state, the law of the forum will govern. 2 Parsons on Contracts, pp. 88-84. Nash v. Tapper, 1 Caines 402; 1 Daniel on Neg. Ins., sec. 882. (2) A contract cannot be enforced against a married woman.…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
This suit was instituted in the circuit court of Clark county to enforce a vendor’s lien against certain land in said county, described in the petition. Plaintiff had judgment as prayed for in the petition from which the defendants have appealed.
The case made on the trial is as follows: William Bailey, Sr., who resided in the state of Iowa, was the owner of the land described in the petition; on the twenty-seventh day of November, 1876, he leased the same to his son, William Bailey, Jr., for the period of ten years from the first day of March, 1877. It also appears that defendant, Gr. R.…
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