Jones v. Park
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Platte Circuit Court. — Hon. Alonso D. Burnes, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting in evidence the decree of the Kentucky court construing the will, (a) Because there was no evidence that such court acquired jurisdiction of this defendant or Laura Park or Mary Park, as alleged in the petition.
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Appeal from Platte Circuit Court. — Hon. Alonso D. Burnes, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting in evidence the decree of the Kentucky court construing the will, (a) Because there was no evidence that such court acquired jurisdiction of this defendant or Laura Park or Mary Park, as alleged in the petition. Roach v. Burns, 33 Mo. 319; Sevier v. Roddie, 51 Mo. 580. (b) Because the pretended notice to defendant of such suit by letter was not admissible under the pleadings, and such notice was insufficient and of no effect, both under the laws of Kentucky and the laws of this State. Murdock v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGrOODE, J.
This action was instituted against eight defendants besides the appellant Elihu Park, for the partition of 445.76 acres of land in Platte County, Missouri. As all the other parties submitted to the judgment of the court below, the appellant will be spoken of as the defendant, and as he acquiesced in the judgment in so far as it affected twenty-nine acres of the total number of acres involved, that parcel will be understood as not included, unless specially mentioned, when we speak of the lands affected by the judgment.
Elihu Park was the husband of Laura Park, who died June 6, 1916, owning the…
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