Meriwether v. Block
Missouri Court of Appeals
Error to the Lincoln Circuit Court, Ron. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Walker G. Meriwether had no such natural or successive relationship to M. AE. Meriwether, or her property interest in the estate of Geo. D. Meriwether, as to make him a privy to her. liéis neither her personal representative, heir, devisee, legatee, assignee, voluntary grantee, or judgment creditor, or purchaser from her with notice. He must be one of these to be bound by a judgment against her.
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Error to the Lincoln Circuit Court, Ron. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Walker G. Meriwether had no such natural or successive relationship to M. AE. Meriwether, or her property interest in the estate of Geo. D. Meriwether, as to make him a privy to her. liéis neither her personal representative, heir, devisee, legatee, assignee, voluntary grantee, or judgment creditor, or purchaser from her with notice. He must be one of these to be bound by a judgment against her. Henry v. Wood, 77 Mo. 277, 281; Haley r. Bogley, 37 Mo. 364; Greenl. Evid., sec. 189. The judgment did not affect or operate upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtRombatxer, P. J.
In September, 1865, George D. Meriwether made his will, containing among others the following provisions : (1) Appointing his brother-in-law, Henry Y. P. Block, sole executor, and directing him to sell all real and personal estate in the manner, time, and place he may think best. (2) Directing the payment of a legacy of five thousand dollars to his cousin, Elizabeth M. A. Miller. (3) Constituting his son, Walker G., residuary devisee and legatee.
After making the will the testator married his cousin, the legatee Miller, and when he died, in 1874, he left his widow and son as sole legatees and…
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- Steen v. BennettSupreme Court of Vermont · 1852
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