Legal Opinion

Housman v. Lewellen

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 10, 1951No. 42750PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDalton, J.

Action to construe the will of Robert E. Tolle, deceased, and to recover certain personal property. The trial court found the issues for plaintiffs and entered judgment. On defendants’ appeal, the Kansas City Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment. Housman v. Lewellen (Mo. App.), 240 S. W. (2d) 143. On appellants’ application, the cause was ordered transferred here and we must review the record as on original appeal. Sec. 30, Art. V, Const, of Mo., 1945.

The facts are stipulated. Robert E. Tolle died testate in Andrew County on May 9, 1936 and left his widow, Mollie A. Tolle, and his two…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Gardner v. VanlandinghamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  2. Deacon v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1917
  3. Roth v. RauschenbuschSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  4. Cox v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
  5. Bramell v. ColeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Hallada v. Great Northern RailwaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
  2. Enrique Maldonado v. Missouri Pacific Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  3. McDougal v. McDougalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
  4. Florence Metcalfe, Administratrix of the Estate of John E. Metcalfe, Deceased v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
  5. Walter F. Lisek v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994

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