Farris v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. W. Ltjbke, Judge. , (1) The trial court erred in refusing a nonsuit asked by defendant. The plaintiff never was entitled to dower in the leasehold.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Gr. W. Ltjbke, Judge. , (1) The trial court erred in refusing a nonsuit asked by defendant. The plaintiff never was entitled to dower in the leasehold. The sheriff’s deed to Benoist, under the decree of June 15, 1866, foreclosing a prior mortgage by Page, vested in Benoist the complete legal and equitable title which Page held before his marriage with plaintiff on July 3, 1866, to an undivided one-half interest in said thirteen lots. That deed is regular in form and for full value paid by Benoist as therein recited. Plaintiff offered no proof…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This is an action commenced on the nineteenth of November, 1881, by Jane C. Farris and her present husband against William T. Coleman for the assignment of dower and for damages for the detention thereof. The plaintiff prevailed in the circuit court and the defendant appealed.
*357It is admitted by the pleadings that the plaintiff, whose name was then Jane C. Waters, and Daniel D. Page were married on the third of July, 1866, and continued to be husband and wife until the month of April, 1869, at which time Page died. The petition as amended on the trial states that Page was possessed and seized…
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