Thompson v. McCune

The plaintiff (appellant) filed in the Probate Court of Jackson County, Missouri, her petition or application asking for an order of that court directing and compelling the defendant as sole surviving executor of the estate of Charles W. Armour, deceased, to pay to her the legacy of $30,000 given her by the will of said deceased. Testator died in March, 1927, and his will was duly probated in Jackson County, Missouri, which will made defendant, Henry L. McCune, and Rebecca C. Armour, his widow, executors and they qualified and entered on the administration of his estate under authority of the…