Legal Opinion

La Presto v. La Presto

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 13, 1958No. 45958PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Respondent, Margherita La Presto, plaintiff below, filed suit on August 27, 1953, against her husband, Louis La Presto, the appellant here, and others seeking to quiet title to certain property known as 3308 Easton Avenue in the City of St. Louis.

Respondent alleged in her petition that appellant purchased the property in 1942, but that title was taken in the name of his son, Louis Frank La Presto, Jr., as a straw party, and that appellant “purchased the said real estate as the joint property of himself and of plaintiff as husband and wife, and that the plaintiff and the…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. La Presto v. La PrestoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  2. Smith v. SiercksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  3. Friedel v. BaileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  4. Kemp v. WoodsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  5. Will Docter Meat Co. v. Hotel KingswayMissouri Court of Appeals · 1950

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Jesser v. Mayfair Hotel, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  2. Rook v. John F. Oliver Trucking CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Lloyd v. GarrenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  4. Agnello v. WalkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
  5. Pipes v. SevierMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985

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