Shepherd v. Murphy

This is an action to quiet title to four town lots in the city of Plattsburg and eighty acres of farm land, all situate in Clinton County. The plaintiffs are the brothers and sisters and constitute all the heirs at law, respectively, of Edgar T. Webb and Virginia L. Webb, husband and wife, both deceased, who held title, by the entirety, to said real estate. The controversy as to title results from the adoption by the Webbs, in 1929, of a child born, out of wedlock, to defendant Esther Bledsoe Foster. The child, a boy, was born February 21, 1925, at St. Joseph, Missouri. The mother, Esther…