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TUCKER v. RATLEY

No. 38907.

568 S.W.2d 797 (1978)

Milton H. TUCKER and Percy Tucker et al., etc., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Paul RATLEY, Virginia M. Ratley, his wife and Ethel Ratley, Plaintiffs and Third-Party Defendant-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

June 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Medley, Farmington, for Tucker.

Maurice Graham, Fredericktown, for Paul Ratley et al.

REINHARD, Judge.

Defendant-third party plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Francois County quieting title to real estate. The court ruled that a reserved option to repurchase the real estate was void as a violation of the rule against perpetuities and as an unreasonable restraint on alienation.

The land was originally owned by Harry Tucker. On October 10, 1945, he contracted to convey the 185 acres in the parcel to Lorenzo Ratley...

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