O'Bryan v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cooper Circuit Court. — IIon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. (1) Mrs. Harriet G. O’Bryan was incompetent as a witness. Holman v. Backus, 73 Mo. 49; Willis v. Gammill, 67 Mo. 730 ; Moore v. Wingate, 53 Mo. 398 ; Moore v. Moore, 51 Mo. 118. (2) Henry M. Thomson was not a competent witness.
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Appeal from Cooper Circuit Court. — IIon. E. L. Edwards, Judge. (1) Mrs. Harriet G. O’Bryan was incompetent as a witness. Holman v. Backus, 73 Mo. 49; Willis v. Gammill, 67 Mo. 730 ; Moore v. Wingate, 53 Mo. 398 ; Moore v. Moore, 51 Mo. 118. (2) Henry M. Thomson was not a competent witness. Hunifer v. Jecho, 87 Mo. 282 ; Bell v. Railroad, 86 Mo. 599 ; Wood v. Broadley, 76 Mo. 23; Joice «. Branson, 73 Mo. 28; Haerle v. KreMn, 65 Mo.' 202; Paul v. Leavitt, 53 Mo. 595. (3) The petitions in partition were competent evidence. Anderson v. McPihe, 86 Mo. 293 ; Dowzelot v. Rawlings, 58 Mo. 75. (4)…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
This was a suit by Harriet b’ Bryan and her present husband to have dower assigned in two hundred acres of land. The claim is, that Henry Bell made an oral gift of the land to his son, Noah D. Bell, the former husband of the |)laintiff, Harriet. The three children of Noah D. Bell and the said Harriet are made defendants, but they do not make answer. The other defendants are the other heirs of Henry Bell, he being also dead when this suit was commenced. The court made a decree divesting the defendants, other than the three children of Noah D. Bed, of all title, and invested the same in these…
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