Simms v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court.—Hon. Ralph Hughes, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in ignoring- and failing to find that the probated and recorded will of Minitree Catron, in Lafayette County was a link in the chain of title to the lands in controversy, and was notice thereof to the whole world.
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Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court.—Hon. Ralph Hughes, Judge. (1) The trial court erred in ignoring- and failing to find that the probated and recorded will of Minitree Catron, in Lafayette County was a link in the chain of title to the lands in controversy, and was notice thereof to the whole world. The will of Catron, the patent owner of the lands in controversy, who was at his death a resident of Lafayette County, duly proved in the probate court of said county and recorded in a record book kept in said court for the purpose of recording last wills and testaments, was an adjudication in…
1Opinion of the CourtHigbee, J.
Commissioner Small states the facts in this case in his report, filed in Division'One of this Court, as follows: *
‘ ‘ This is a proceeding by appellants by motion for a writ in the nature of a writ of coram nobis to set aside a judgment to quiet title rendered against them upon ser-vicer by publication as unknown defendants.
“Appellants are the children of Frances Eveline McFadin who died on the 26th day of July, 1916, and the grandchildren of Minitree Catron, who died in 1862. By his will, duly probated and recorded in the office of the Probate Clerk in Lafayette County in 1862 (hut never…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bronson v. SchultenSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- State ex rel. Potter v. RileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Cross v. GouldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Jeude v. SimsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Payne v. LottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
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3Cited by35 opinions
- People v. RichettiNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Casper v. LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Barney v. SuggsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- In Re the Trust Under the Last Will & Testament of JacksonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1956
- Daffin v. DaffinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1978
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