Legal Opinion

Elvins v. Elvins

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided July 16, 1913PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from St. Francois Circuit Court.—How. Peten H. Huele, Judge. (1) The judgment appealed from is a judgment in personam; for it is for a definite sum of money to be recovered by fi. fa. execution from the general property of the defendant, William Elvins. Beyer v. Trust Co., 63 Mo..

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Appeal from St. Francois Circuit Court.—How. Peten H. Huele, Judge. (1) The judgment appealed from is a judgment in personam; for it is for a definite sum of money to be recovered by fi. fa. execution from the general property of the defendant, William Elvins. Beyer v. Trust Co., 63 Mo.. App. 521; State ex rel. v. Blair, 238 Mo. 154; Moss v. Fitch, 212 Mo. 484; Smith v. McCutcheon, 38 Mo. 415; Abbott v. Sheppard, 44 Mo. 273; Ellison v. Martin, 53 Mo. 575; Wilson v. Railroad, 108 Mo. 588; Mercantile v. Betties, 58 Mo. App. 384. (2) The judgment for suit money in divorce proceedings, while…

1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.

Anna M. Elvins, the plaintiff, is the wife of the defendant, William Elvins. The' action is one for maintenance of plaintiff and her minor child born of the marriage. The defendant, Carr Harts-horn, is the administrator of the estate of one Jesse M. Elvins, of which said estate the defendant, William Elvins, is a distributee.

The petition sets up the facts concerning the marriage of plaintiff to the defendant, William Elvins, in the State of Missouri, and the birth of a son, Thomas Lee Elvins, by that marriage, fourteen years of ag’e .at the institution of the suit, recites in detail the…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Murray v. MurrayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Crim v. CrimSupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  3. Wilson v. St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  4. Blackinton v. BlackintonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  5. Moss v. FitchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Beckmann v. BeckmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  2. Chapman v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
  3. State ex rel. Miller v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961
  4. Walsmith v. JacksonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  5. Chapman v. ChapmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1916

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