Legal Opinion
Shumate v. Dugan
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 22, 1996No. 20750PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants Ruth Shumate, Anna Lee Cornelison, Ruby McFall, Ben Denney, Sherman Denney, and Lonnie Denney (Plaintiffs) are six of seven heirs at law of Ethel Hartley (Ethel) deceased. Their father was Ethel’s first husband, B.F. Denney. Plaintiffs sought to partition their mother’s undivided one-half interest in 81.25 acres of land (the Hartley Farm) located in Douglas County, Missouri. 1
Respondents Loetta Dugan and Katrina Dye (Defendants), are the daughters of Ethel’s second husband, Lyle Hartley. Loetta Dugan (Loetta), the seventh heir at law of Ethel, and Katrina Dye (Katrina), Loetta’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Hemminghaus v. FergusonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
- Jones v. LinderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Sheinbein v. First Boston Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Emery v. Brown Shoe CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. v. PayneMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
- Wallace v. SniderMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
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