Meador v. Ward

(concurring). — The plaintiffs brought this suit in the Circuit Court of St. Francois County to set aside and cancel a deed to, and to partition, about 578 acres of land situate in that county. The trial resulted in findings of fact and a decree for the defendants. In due time and proper form the plaintiffs duly appealed the cause to this court.

The facts are undisputed, except as to the delivery of the deed, which are as follows, and the evidence bearing upon the delivery will be fully stated later.

The plaintiffs are sons and a son-in-law and seven grand-children of James F. Meador, deceased,…