Hunt v. Selleck
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. — Hon» Thos. H. Bacon, Judge. (1) Plaintiff was the assignee for the value of a note for the purchase money of the real estate in controversy. The lien of the vendor of the land, to-wit,. Wm. A. Hunt, for his purchase money, passed to plaintiff, the legal holder of the note, and she had the right, to enforce such lien.
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Appeal from Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. — Hon» Thos. H. Bacon, Judge. (1) Plaintiff was the assignee for the value of a note for the purchase money of the real estate in controversy. The lien of the vendor of the land, to-wit,. Wm. A. Hunt, for his purchase money, passed to plaintiff, the legal holder of the note, and she had the right, to enforce such lien. Sloan v. Campbell, 71 Mo. 388,. Adams v. Cowherd, 30 Mo. 461; Leading Cases in Equity, 274, 275; Rorer on Judicial Sales, sec. 242, p. 102; Winston v. Affalter,'49 Mo. 263. Rorer on Judicial Sales, sec. 244, p. 103; Blair v. Marsh, 8…
1Opinion of the CourtBukg-ess, J.
Ejectment for a city lot in the city of Hannibal. The petition is in the usual form. The answers aver that defendant, Selleck, is the tenant of his codefendant, John L. RoBards, and that RoBards, is the owner of the lot; admitted possession but denied all other' allegations in the petition. RoBards in his separate answer pleaded the ten-year statute of limitations, to which plaintiff filed reply denying all new matter in the answer.
At the trial .it was admitted that the title was originally in one Ira Stout from whom plaintiff claimed title. Plaintiff read in evidence, without objection, a…
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- Morgan v. BouseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Adams v. CowherdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
- Perry's Administrators v. RobertsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
- Sloan v. CampbellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
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