State Ex Rel. Schumacher v. Adams Circuit Court

The will of Anthony J. Schumacher was duly probated in respondent court, and relator was regularly appointed executor and qualified as such. Thereafter, one Lillian May Schumacher filed hér verified petition and later her verified amended petition to be declared the common law- wife of the testator. This petition and amended petition makes no parties defendant whatever, and it is therefore questionable whether any action thereon by the trial court would be binding upon any one. 26 C. J. S. § 80 Descent and Distribution p. 1125. It is the duty of the trial court to s'ee that all proper parties…