Creighton v. Creighton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Suit in equity by Minnie B. Creighton and another against Margaret Creighton and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
James Creighton, of Washington county, Kan., died January 19, 1916, leaving surviving him his widow, Margaret Creighton, and three children by her, Cyrus Creighton, Margaret Barley, and Alexander Creighton, and two children by a former marriage, .Minnie Creighton and Laura A. Owen. This suit was brought by tire two children by the former marriage, residents of New Mexico, against'the widow and her three children, to annul an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of James Creighton. It was alleged in the bill of complaint that, at the time of making…
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