Burk v. Ann W. Jones Co.

NUGENT, Judge.

Warren Burk sued to quiet title in a piece of island property located in the Missouri River in Carroll County. Mr. Burk’s claim is based on a 1906 deed of trust by which his grandfather, Oliver K. Warren, conveyed the land in trust to Mr. Burk’s mother, Elsie Burk, nee Warren. He contends that certain language in the deed caused his mother to take only a life estate with the remainder in fee going to Mr. Burk upon her death. Defendants, Ann W. Jones Co., Inc., and Ann W. Jones, claim title based upon conveyances by Oliver Warren and Elsie Warren Burk of their interests in the…