Hafner v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit 'Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spencer, Judge. Laws of Missouri 1849, page 67, autliorized minor females, over eighteen years of age to execute marriage contracts with the consent of parents while living, and of guardian after their death. The marriage contract between Mary F. Wrigbt and William II.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit 'Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spencer, Judge. Laws of Missouri 1849, page 67, autliorized minor females, over eighteen years of age to execute marriage contracts with the consent of parents while living, and of guardian after their death. The marriage contract between Mary F. Wrigbt and William II. Glasgow authorized her to will all her property (sec. 3, p. 1567, R. S. 1855), and by it he relinquished all his rights therein, and it deprived him of any interest in or right to possession of lot 299, and vested the legal title to the same, which the statutes of uses…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is a suit in ejectment for the possession of a piece of land in the city of St. Louis, bounded on the north by the south line of Dock street extended to the Mississippi river; on the west by the eastern line of city block number 661 east of said city, which latter line is the same as a proposed western wharf line under city ordinance number 5403; on the south by a line parallel with and 164 feet south of said south line of Dock street so extended; and on the east by said river, being the eastern portion of lots 298 and 299 of North St. Louis.
The suit as originally instituted was against…
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