Legal Opinion

Dillard v. Dillard.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 12, 1954No. 43664PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DALTON, Judge.

This is an, action for a declaratory judgment as to the legal effect of a certain written document alleged to have been found among the papers of F. M. Dillard, deceased, and to determine title to certain property in Pemiscot County.

Plaintiff alleged that the instrument had been filed for record; that the defendant was “in full possession of said premises and is exercising all of the rights incident to ownership”; that the said “written instrument represents the only claim of ownership * * * that defendant herein has” to the “Dillard Theatre in Wardell, Missouri”; and that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Chilcutt v. ThatchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1949
  2. State Ex Rel. Brown v. HughesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  3. Contracting Plumbers Ass'n v. City of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1952
  4. State ex rel. American Manufacturing Co. v. KoelnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
  5. Bollinger County v. McDowellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1889

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Crigler v. FrameMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Kansas City v. HammerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1961
  3. Kratzer v. KratzerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Schell v. SchellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  5. Wolf v. MiravalleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963

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