Gross v. Watts
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. (1) Where a deed is delivered with the name of the grantee blank and parol authority to the person to whom it is delivered to insert the name of any grantee he may see fit, and he inserts a name therein, the title passes. Thummel v. Holden, 149 Mo. 677. Changing the amount of consideration in a deed is not a material alteration.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Nat. M. Shelton, Judge. (1) Where a deed is delivered with the name of the grantee blank and parol authority to the person to whom it is delivered to insert the name of any grantee he may see fit, and he inserts a name therein, the title passes. Thummel v. Holden, 149 Mo. 677. Changing the amount of consideration in a deed is not a material alteration. Jones on Real Property, sec. 1344. The taking of a mortgage for a preexisting deed does not constitute the mortgagee a purchaser for value in good faith. Jones on Real Property, sec. 13901. (2)-The record…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
This case originated in the circuit court of Macon county, and was instituted by plaintiff, administrator, against the defendants, having for its purpose — the first count — the foreclosure of a mortgage, executed and recorded, from William J. Watts and wife to Janet McQuacker, deceased, conveying the land described in the petition, and located in. the county of Macon, State of Missouri, to secure their promissory note for the sum of $500, due in five years from date, and five coupons attached thereto for thirty-five dollars each, which represent the annual interest on said note. The note and…
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