Adams v. Adams
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon.. 8el-den P. Spencer, Judge. (1)The court erred in assigning to respondent the whole of lot 81, Shand’s addition, as a homestead. R. S. 1899, secs. 3616, 3620; Kyte v. Perry, 25 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon.. 8el-den P. Spencer, Judge. (1)The court erred in assigning to respondent the whole of lot 81, Shand’s addition, as a homestead. R. S. 1899, secs. 3616, 3620; Kyte v. Perry, 25 Mo. App. 400; Finnegan v. Prinderville, 83 Mo. 521; Brewing Ass’n v. Howard, 150 Mo. 451; Hnfschmidt v. Gross, 112 Mo. 655; Bryson v. Shelly, 11 Mich. 528 ; Tiernan v. His Creditors, 62 Cal. 286; Maloney v. Hefer, 75 Cal. 422; Sohermes v. Beiser, 93 Ky. 415; Hendricks v. Hendricks, 13 Tex. Civ. App. 49; Stringer v. Swenson, 78 Tex. 550; Blnm v. Rogers, 78 Tex. 530;…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is an action for the partition of certain land in the city of St. Louis. Partition was decreed, but the circuit court held that one'of the lots was a homestead and that the widow was entitled to occupy the same for life or during widowhood, and that as the husband died without any child or other descendants in being capable of inheriting, and as the widow had elected to take one-half of the real and personal property belonging to the husband at the time of his death, absolutely, subject to the payment of the husband’s debts, and as there was a mortgage on the homestead, the trial court…
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