Miller v. Halleran

This is a suit in unlawful detainer. Anna B. Halleran was the record owner by title in fee simple of the north half of lot 5, Campbell’s Addition to Westport, now Kansas City, Missouri, and on May 17, 1911, jointly with her husband, executed a deed of trust thereon to Lex McDaniel, Trustee for the Westport Avenue Bank, to secure a note for $1000.

On the 24th of December, 1911, Mrs. Halleran died leaving a last will and testament, which was duly probated, wherein she devised “the north one-half of lot 5, Campbell’s Addition to Westport, now a part of Kansas City” to her four children named…