McDowell v. Little
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action for ejectment. The defendants were in possession under a lease from Rosalie Chataigne or Robidoux, dated January 1, 1850, for fifteen years from that date. Rosalie Robidoux died in 1858. The plaintiffs claim possession as tenants in remainder in fee, by virtue of what they claim to have been a deed of settlement, executed November 16, 1820, by J. B. Robidoux and Rosalie his wife.
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This was an action for ejectment. The defendants were in possession under a lease from Rosalie Chataigne or Robidoux, dated January 1, 1850, for fifteen years from that date. Rosalie Robidoux died in 1858. The plaintiffs claim possession as tenants in remainder in fee, by virtue of what they claim to have been a deed of settlement, executed November 16, 1820, by J. B. Robidoux and Rosalie his wife. Rosalie Robidoux was at that time the owner of the premises by virtue of a deed dated June 16, 1818. November 16,1820, J. B. Robidoux and Rosalie 1ns wife…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
The first question for consideration, and the only one which we find it necessary to consider, is, whether the deed made by Robidoux and wife to Cozens has any effect upon the estate of the wife in the land described in it.
In the case of Lindell v. McNair, (4 Mo. 380,) this court held that a married woman might, in 1820, when this deed was executed, convey her lands by conforming to the mode of executing and acknowledging deeds prescribed by our acts of Assembly. The opinion also states that “ the act of 17th July, 1807, directs how conveyances of land shall be made and authenticated,” thus…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Reaume v. ChambersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1855
- Lindell v. McNairSupreme Court of Missouri · 1836
3Cited by3 opinions
- Sutton v. CasseleggiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Sutton v. CasselleggiMissouri Court of Appeals · 1878
- Robidoux v. CassilegiMissouri Court of Appeals · 1881