Estate of Meeker v. Swift

— The main facts that gave rise to the present controversy were before this court on a former occasion in the case of Meeker v. Straat, Swift, inter-pleader, 38 Mo. App. 239. As the principal contention on the present appeal is that the trial court erred in not treating the former decision of this court as conclusive of the facts litigated in the present proceeding, we briefly state the character of the two actions, and the positions respectively occupied by the parties in the former proceeding in order to show how the question arises for decision. The first action was one in equity, and was…