Bradley v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon J. P. Strother, Judge. (1) Prior to the passage of section 3295, Revised Statutes, 1879, a tenant, by the curtesy, could, by conveying to another his interest as such tenant, create a particular estate in another, during the continuance of which the wife had no right of entry or of action.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon J. P. Strother, Judge. (1) Prior to the passage of section 3295, Revised Statutes, 1879, a tenant, by the curtesy, could, by conveying to another his interest as such tenant, create a particular estate in another, during the continuance of which the wife had no right of entry or of action. But the conveyance from Argillon Price, which was, also, signed and acknowledged by Lucy A. Price, was not intended to create any such particular estate, and did not create it. That conveyance, upon its face, shows that it was not the intention of Argillon Price to…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is an action of ejectment. The land sued for is used and occupied by the defendant as a right of way, and for side tracks, and depot purposes, at Smithton station, in Pettis county. The eighty acres, of which the land in question is a part, was patented to Lucy A. Price. In 1853, her husband, Argillon Price, conveyed the same to Edwards, who conveyed the same to Combs, in 1857, and the latter conveyed the land in question to the Pacific Railroad Company, in 1860, and by virtue of various deeds, the defendant has acquired the title of that company. Edwards and Combs had continuous…
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