Legal Opinion

Hardy v. Barbour

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 8, 1957No. 45361PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*23DALTON, Judge.

This is an action to contest the will of Grace Thompson McKee, deceased, whose alleged will was probated in common form by the Probate Court of Greene County on January 25, 1954. Plaintiff (contestant) is testatrix’s only child, a daughter, who was bequeathed the sum of one dollar. The balance of the estate haying a value in excess of $32,000 was, for the most part, devised and bequeathed to persons wholly unrelated by blood or marriage to testatrix. Verdict and judgment were against the will, but the trial court sustained defendants’ (proponents’) after-trial motion for…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Pulitzer v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  2. Wipfler v. BaslerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  3. Walter v. AltSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
  4. Hall v. Mercantile Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  5. Meier v. BuchterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Switzer v. SwitzerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
  2. Hodges v. HodgesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Strahl v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
  4. McGrail v. SchmittSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  5. Hofen v. United States National BankOregon Supreme Court · 1959

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