St. Francis Mill Co. v. Sugg
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Dunklin Circuit Court. — lion. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) Under the facts shown by the evidence, defendants were entitled to recover, and the judgment rendered by the Dunklin Circuit Court, at its November term, 1900, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill, was for the right party. (2) Where, upon the whole record, the judgment is for the right party, it will not be reversed on appeal, although the reasons assigned therefor hy the court below are not correct.
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Appeal from Dunklin Circuit Court. — lion. J. L. Fort, Judge. (1) Under the facts shown by the evidence, defendants were entitled to recover, and the judgment rendered by the Dunklin Circuit Court, at its November term, 1900, dismissing plaintiffs’ bill, was for the right party. (2) Where, upon the whole record, the judgment is for the right party, it will not be reversed on appeal, although the reasons assigned therefor hy the court below are not correct. (3) These judgments were no longer debts of Wm. S. Sugg, deceased, or of his estate, nor evidences of indebtedness, but were in law…
1Opinion of the CourtValliant, J.
— Appeal from an order sustaining a motion for a new trial.
It is a suit in equity by judgment creditors to set aside a deed of their debtor, W. S. Sugg, alleged to have been executed without consideration for his own use and to defraud his creditors.
The trial court found for the plaintiffs on the issues of fact in the case, but dismissed their bill on the ground that the debtor did not have title to the land. Plaintiffs in due time filed a motion for a. new trial, which upon consideration was by the court sustained upon the ground that the court had taken the wrong view of the title to the…
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