Shell v. Mulligan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The appellants are children and heirs at law of Margaret Noffsinger, who died in September, 1915. She was the widow of Peter Noffsinger and survived him for more than twenty years. By his will she was left a life estate in a valu*186able farm in Atchison county, near Effingham. The appellee, Ernest Mulligan, is her grandson, and his mother Lona Mulligan, is the only one of the family who was not made a party to the suit, the purpose of which is to set aside a deed executed in 1914, by which Mrs. Noffsinger for a nominal consideration conveyed to…