Cockrill v. Hutchinson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The quality of the estate conveyed to a married woman must he determined by the deed vesting title in her; and if it contain no words excluding the marital rights of the husband and apt to describe a separate estate, it is not separate property. Haul v. Leavitt, 53 Mo. 595; IClenke v. Koeltse, 75 Mo. 243; Martin v. Colburn, 88 Mo. 230; Lakeman v. Mcllhaney, 17 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. John W. Henry, Judge. (1) The quality of the estate conveyed to a married woman must he determined by the deed vesting title in her; and if it contain no words excluding the marital rights of the husband and apt to describe a separate estate, it is not separate property. Haul v. Leavitt, 53 Mo. 595; IClenke v. Koeltse, 75 Mo. 243; Martin v. Colburn, 88 Mo. 230; Lakeman v. Mcllhaney, 17 Mo. App. 413; Allen v. DeOroodt, 98 Mo. 160; Nicholson v. Flynn, 24 Mo. App. 571; Powell v. Scott, 43 Mo. App. 206. (2) Even if the property was her separate estate her…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
On the third day of June, 1872, Houston McFarland and Sue B. McFarland were husband and wife, living together as such at Weston, Platte county, Missouri. On that day she borrowed from one John E. McFarland the sum of $450, for which she executed her personal note payable in three{ years from its date with interest at ten per cent per annum. On the twenty-fifth day of June, 1872, Sue B. McFarland purchased from George G. Pounds the land in controversy and received a deed therefor conveying to her the fee simple title thereto. On June 28, 1872, she mortgaged said property, her husband joining…
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