Legal Opinion

Page v. Dixon

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 15, 1875PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. Plaintiffs in their petition pray to have the deed from Dejarnett to Elizabeth Dixon, and also the trust deed made by Elizabeth Dixon conveying the lands to secure the purchase money to Dejarnett set aside, on the ground of fraud. I. The sale made by Dejarnett to Elizabeth Dixon under the mortgage, was fraudulent, and the deed made by him to her should have been declared fraudulent and void, as a matter of fact.

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Appeal from Bates Circuit Court. Plaintiffs in their petition pray to have the deed from Dejarnett to Elizabeth Dixon, and also the trust deed made by Elizabeth Dixon conveying the lands to secure the purchase money to Dejarnett set aside, on the ground of fraud. I. The sale made by Dejarnett to Elizabeth Dixon under the mortgage, was fraudulent, and the deed made by him to her should have been declared fraudulent and void, as a matter of fact. (Allen vs. Berry, 40 Mo., 282.) II. Admitting that Mrs. Dixon purchased the land, and that the relation she held to Lewis Dixon, as his wife, would…

1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge

The petition in this case states, that on the 2oth of October, 1867, Hackett, administrator, recovered of Dixon $707, and on the 20th of October, 1867, George W. Seiver recovered of Dixon $375; that executions were issued on these judgments bearing date March 11th, 1868; that the sheriff of Bates county levied these executions on the 12th of March, 1868, on certain lands described in the petition, and that plaintiffs became the purchasers.

*46Before, this, on the 7th of May, 1861, Lewis Dixon and his wife made a deed of trust to Dejarnett, to secure the payment of two notes, amounting to about…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Marcellus v. WrightMontana Supreme Court · 1916
  2. State v. GritznerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  3. Bevin v. PowellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1881
  4. Adams v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  5. Steinwender v. CreathMissouri Court of Appeals · 1891

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