Waddell v. Waddell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — Hon. Reuben F. Roy, Judge. STATEMENT OP THE CASE BY THE COURT. This is a statutory action for the partition of the'real estate of George E. Waddell among his thirteen children and the heirs of such as are dead, and for an accounting of the advancement made to the several co-parceners.
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Appeal from Pike Circuit Court. — Hon. Reuben F. Roy, Judge. STATEMENT OP THE CASE BY THE COURT. This is a statutory action for the partition of the'real estate of George E. Waddell among his thirteen children and the heirs of such as are dead, and for an accounting of the advancement made to the several co-parceners. There was a sale of the land for division and an order of distribution of the net proceeds thereof, to-wit, $4,583.82, by bringing into hutch potch therewith several amounts advanced to his children by the intestate. In computing this the court charged one of the children, Dick…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
The point saved for review presents only the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of an advancement of $1,000 to appellant. The only witnesses whose testimony bears on this point were appellant, his brother-in-law John Cash, and W. G. Tinsley. The appellant stated in substance that he was twenty-sis years old and had lived on his father’s place since his majority, under an agreement to do the farm work, in conjunction with a farmhand hired by his father, in consideration of one-half of the proceeds and increase of the live-stock on said farm, during his services…
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