Donovan v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — Eon. D. E. Ehy, Judge. (1) Where the separate means of the wife are invested in land by the husband without her written assent, the title is held by him in trust for the wife, and at her death for her legal heirs, to the extent which her separate means contributed to the purchase price.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — Eon. D. E. Ehy, Judge. (1) Where the separate means of the wife are invested in land by the husband without her written assent, the title is held by him in trust for the wife, and at her death for her legal heirs, to the extent which her separate means contributed to the purchase price. McLeod v. Vénable, 163 Mo. 536 ; Jones v. Elkins, 143 Mo. 647; Winn v. Riley, 151 Mo. 61; Hurt v. Cook, 151 Mo, 431; Serutchfield v. Sauter, 119' Mo. 615; Seay v. Hesse, 123- Mo. 450; Hardware Co. v. Horn, 146 Mo. 1291; Johnston v. Johnston, 173 Mo. 115. (2) The wife, and her…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.
This cause is here upon appeal by both parties from a judgment and decree of the circuit court of Pike county.
This is a proceeding by which it is sought to declare that certain undivided portions of certain lands are held in trust by defendant for the plaintiff's, and after the ascertainment of the interests of the parties in this land to partition the same in accordance with the laws of this State. There are two forty-acre tracts of land, situated in Pike county, Missouri, which are involved in this proceeding. One is known as the Pritchett forty and the other as the Thornton forty, so…
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