Skinner v. Rasche

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hannah

Reversing.

This is a controversy between James A. Rasche and Mary Ellen Skinner, nee Clayton or Kennedy, over the estate of John E. Clayton and Bedelia Clayton, deceased.

The plaintiff, Rasche, is a grandson of a brother of Mrs. Clayton, while the defendant, Mrs. Skinner, is a niece of the Claytons, being the daughter of another brother of Mrs. Clayton. The two are the sole surviving heirs-at-law of the Claytons, who were childless.

John E. Clayton made a will on March 7,1872, which he confirmed by a second execution thereof on April 30, 1906, devising all his…