Kinney v. Murray
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Rem. Jas. I. Ne-ville, Judge. (1) (a) A court of equity, having obtained jurisdiction over the person in an equitable action, will, if the equities require it, compel such person to convey land situated in another State, by a deed executed according to the laws of such State..
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Rem. Jas. I. Ne-ville, Judge. (1) (a) A court of equity, having obtained jurisdiction over the person in an equitable action, will, if the equities require it, compel such person to convey land situated in another State, by a deed executed according to the laws of such State.. This right, authority and jurisdiction of a court of equity is now, and has been for a century or more, settled by the consensus of judicial opinion in both England and America. The ground of this jurisdiction is that courts of equity have authority to act upon the person: “aequitas…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
This is a suit in equity, instituted in the Greene Circuit Court on the 15th of March, 1899, to specifically enforce an oral contract, alleged to have been entered into in the year 1855 or 1856 in the State of Virginia, between the plaintiff’s parents, Edward S. Benson and his wife, and her uncle John S. Benson (brother of the said Edward) and his wife Amanda, whereby it is alleged that the said John S. Benson and Amanda Benson, his wife, agreed “that they would take the plaintiff herein as their adopted child, educate and care for her as a natural child until she was fully grown, and if the…
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