Lewis v. Lewis

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered upon the petition of Addie Lee Lewis to construe the will of Hugh Lewis, Sr., deceased; to determine the effect of a conveyance by the widow and certain surviving children of Hugh Lewis, Sr., to Addie Lee Lewis; and to declare petitioner the owner in fee simple of the real estate described. The petition was filed pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, Laws of Missouri 1935, page 218 (Mo. Stat. Ann., sec. 1097a et seq., pp. 1383-1388). All of the living descendants of both Hugh Lewis, Sr., and his wife are parties to this proceeding.…