Pilla v. German School Ass'n

Treat, J., (orally.)

This case, instituted in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis and removed here, involves some questions which have been presented in part only to the court.

The plaintiffs in the suit are a Mrs. Maria Pilla and Maria Parazolt, her husband joining, residents of Prance, daughters, as they claim, of one Gabriel Andre, who died in this country in November, 1860, leaving a will. In that will, so far as its provisions are stated, the decedent recited that he had a wife in Prance, from whom he had been separated; that a son was born a great many years antecedent to the will,…