Anderson v. Wittmeyer

BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Ruthmary Anderson, John Allen Cogs-well and Dean Kramer filed an action challenging the validity of a document purported to be the last will and testament of decedent, John E. Cogswell. Dean Kramer was dismissed as a party plaintiff on the motion of one of the defendants, First Christian Church of Independence. The matter was then dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in that Dean Kramer, a beneficiary under the challenged will, had not been joined and served as a defendant within the statutory ninety-day period. The appellants, Ruthmary Anderson and John Allen…