Schneider v. Koester
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Cole Circuit Court. I. The plaintiffs cannot maintain this action. They are not a “child or children” within the meaning of the law. '(Wagn. Stat., 1365, §9.)
1Opinion of the Court
Napton, Judge,
delivered-the opinion of the court.
This was a proceeding in the Circuit Court to set aside the will of B. J. Koester, on the ground that the plaintiff’s husband, who was a son of said testator, was not named or provided for in said will. The facts alleged, and not denied, are, that Koester left a son surviving him, who married the plaintiff; but the son died, and the plaintiff afterwards married the co-plaintiff, Schneider. The defendant denied the right of plaintiffs to sue under the 9th section of the act concerning ■Wills, whidh provides, that “if any person make his last…
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