Grumley v. Webb, 48 Mo. 562 (1871)

Citation: Grumley v. Webb, 48 Mo. 562 (1871)
Parent Document: Grumley v. Webb, 48 Mo. 562 (1871)
Jurisdiction: Missouri (state)
Effective Date: 1871-10-15
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8046745/grumley-v-webb/ ↗

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The rents realized were to be applied to the payment of taxes and ground-rent, and to the liquidation of other liabilities then outstanding against the plaintiff. Bigham & Webb accepted the agency and entered upon the discharge of its duties. This was on or near the first day of October, 1855. In less than a week from that time, the plaintiff secretly withdrew from the *575country and remained abroad for some four years. 'He did not return to St. Louis till 1859. In the meanwhile the leasehold was levied upon and sold under an execution issued upon the judgment which rested against it at the time of the plaintiff’s abandonment of the country. The defendant became the purchaser at that sale, taking it, of course, subject to all prior liens and encumbrances.

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