Lieber v. Lieber
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Hickory Circuit Court. — Hon. Argus Cox, Judge. (1) The plaintiff was not a competent witnéss as to any facts relating' to tire Illinois decree of divorce, the other party to the cause of action being dead. R. S. 1909, sec. 6354; Bishop v. Investment Co., 129 S. W. (Mo.) 668; Patton v. Fox, 169 Mo. 97. (2) Judgments of foreign courts are conclusive in Missouri as to all questions involved therein. 13 Am. and Eng. Ency.
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Appeal from Hickory Circuit Court. — Hon. Argus Cox, Judge. (1) The plaintiff was not a competent witnéss as to any facts relating' to tire Illinois decree of divorce, the other party to the cause of action being dead. R. S. 1909, sec. 6354; Bishop v. Investment Co., 129 S. W. (Mo.) 668; Patton v. Fox, 169 Mo. 97. (2) Judgments of foreign courts are conclusive in Missouri as to all questions involved therein. 13 Am. and Eng. Ency. Law (2 Ed.), 977; Wilson v. Jackson, 10 Mo. 329; Barney v. White, 46 Mo. 137; Harbin v. Chiles, 20 Mo. 314; Randolph v. Keiler, 21 Mo. 557; Blackburn v. Jackson, 26…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
— The plaintiff instituted this suit in the circuit court of Hickory county, against the defendant, to set aside and have cancelled a certain deed made and delivered February 7, 1905, by one Alexander Lieber, now deceased, to the defendant, Elizabeth Lieber; conveying to her certain real estate, fully described in the petition, and located in said county, for the alleged reason as stated in the }Detition, that said ]and was the homestead of said Alexander Lieber, and that she, the plaintiff, did not join in the conveyance; *9she also alleging that she, at the date of the conveyance, was his…
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