Huntington Real Estate Co. v. Megaree
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lion. William Kinsey, Judge. . ' Appellants, grandchildren of testator, who died in 1882, cannot be precluded by the Statute of Limitations through adverse possession of respondent’s predecessors in title beginning in 1800, because: (1) Under the will appellants were remaindermen after a life estate.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lion. William Kinsey, Judge. . ' Appellants, grandchildren of testator, who died in 1882, cannot be precluded by the Statute of Limitations through adverse possession of respondent’s predecessors in title beginning in 1800, because: (1) Under the will appellants were remaindermen after a life estate. Where property is left to children, and in case of their death, the share to go “to the heirs at law” of any deceased child, an estate for life is> created in the children and a remainder in the grandchildren. Bradley v. Goff, 243 Mo. 95. Courts will…
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action to quiet title under Section 2535, Revised Statutes 1909, to the following described real estate, to-wit: Lot in Block 40 of Wm. C. Christy's Addition, in Block 938 of the City of St. Louis, fronting 91 feet on the north line of Lucas Avenue, by a depth northwardly of 144 feet and 7½ inches to an alley, bounded east by Twenty-first Street. Appellants and respondent deraign title from Ann T. Yarnell, the common source, who acquired the property in 1847.
Counsel for the respective parties in interest have adopted, in this court, the very commendable practice of stipulating as…
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