Walsh v. Mathews

This was an action of ejectment brought by Mathews & wife against James B. Walsh in the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas, for real estate in St. Louis county. The case involved the construction of the will of Joseph W. Walsh, deceased, and was submitted to the court upon a special verdict, which found as follows: “The jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid find that Joseph W. Walsh, deceased, late of the city of St. Louis, departed this life in the month of September in the year 1842, leaving his widow Elizabeth, who is co-plaintiff in the action, and two daughters, to-wit: Mary F. Walsh…