Wilkinson v. Tarwater

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is a suit in equity to declare an equitable lien on real estate. The amount involved is $23,650, the purchase price of the property. The decree was in favor of the defendant and the plaintiff has appealed.

The plaintiff, Goldie Wilkinson, is a sister of John Nolan Tarwater who died August 10, 1960, at the age of sixty-two; the defendant, Margaret Mary Tarwater, is the widow of Mr. Tarwater. In 1957 Mr. and Tarwater were living with their two daughters at 3834 College Avenue in Kansas City. Because of their dissatisfaction with the changing character of the neighborhood,…