Yocum v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. An order was heretofore entered reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court and remanding this cause, with directions to dismiss unless by appropriate proceedings jurisdiction was made to appear. 130 Fed. 770. The grounds of the opinion were (a) that the requisite diversity of citizenship did not appear in the petition, it being merely averred that the two plaintiffs were, respectively,…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. An order was heretofore entered reversing the judgment of the Circuit Court and remanding this cause, with directions to dismiss unless by appropriate proceedings jurisdiction was made to appear. 130 Fed. 770. The grounds of the opinion were (a) that the requisite diversity of citizenship did not appear in the petition, it being merely averred that the two plaintiffs were, respectively, residents of Colorado and Idaho, and that defendants were citizens of Missouri; and (b) that, as the answer denied that…
1Opinion of the CourtHook, Circuit Judge
The land in controversy was devised to William Franklin Yocum absolutely, but with the restriction that, if he died without legitimate issue of his body, it should pass to collateral relatives of the testator. The plaintiffs claim title under the will as the sons, lawful issue, of William Franklin Yocum. The defendants claim under a warranty deed made by him in his lifetime. The plaintiffs contend that through the application to the devise of a section of a Missouri statute, to which further reference will presently be made, their father took but a life estate, and the fee simple passed to…
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