Nelson v. Hudson

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

Plaintiff, on motion for rehearing, insists that our opinion in this case is in conflict with the decision of the Kansas City Court of Appeals in Engle v. Brown, 202 Mo. App. 345,216 S.W. 541. It is true that our opinion is not in accord with the decision in that case, but it is in accord with the decision of that court in the later case of Central Missouri Trust Co. v. Taylor, 289 S.W. 658, which, we think, repudiates the ruling in the former case.

It is manifest that our statute, requiring a renunciation to be in writing, is not concerned with a release or discharge,…