James v. Young

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by a mother against her daughter for miscellaneous relief on account of fraud.

*311The plaintiff, a woman of eighty years, and the defendant, her daughter, were the heirs and devisees of the late- C. W. James, of Independence, Mo. James was the owner of 292.53 acres of land in Jefferson county, Kansas, which descended in equal shares to mother and daughter. The defendant was appointed executrix of his estate. The plaintiff by a former husband has several sons who, in the usual course of nature, would inherit a considerable…