Whitsett v. Wamack
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. Joseph D. Perkins, Judge. (1) Tbe deed from Mrs. Wamack’s brothers to her and ber husband, partitioning said land, 'did not convey title to them hut simply defined 'the boundaries of her land, the title of Which she acquired from her father. Dawson v. Lawrence, 42 Am. Dec. 210, and' authorities cited in note thereto; Harrision v. Ray, 23 Am. State Rep. 57; Bumgardner v. Edwards, 85 Ind. 117; 17 Am. and Eng.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. Joseph D. Perkins, Judge. (1) Tbe deed from Mrs. Wamack’s brothers to her and ber husband, partitioning said land, 'did not convey title to them hut simply defined 'the boundaries of her land, the title of Which she acquired from her father. Dawson v. Lawrence, 42 Am. Dec. 210, and' authorities cited in note thereto; Harrision v. Ray, 23 Am. State Rep. 57; Bumgardner v. Edwards, 85 Ind. 117; 17 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law, p. 663, n. 1; Dexter v. Billings (Ea.), 1 Cent. 210; Gullett v. Miller, (Ind.), 3 West 695. (2) The most that can be claimed by…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.
In the year 1859, one Reuben H. Scott died intestate seized in fee of the southeast quarter of section 34, and thirty-six acres of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 36 in township- 28, range 32, in Jasper county, Missouri, leaving him surviving, three children, William M., Allen Thomas and Prances- R., his only heirs at law. Afterwards, in the year 1878, the said Prances R. intermarried with the defendant J. G. Wamack. Afterwards, on the 7th day of February, 1879, the said William M., Allen Thomas and Frances R., made a voluntary partition of the real estate aforesaid…
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