Chaney v. Gray

HANNA, Presiding Judge.

This action involves a dispute over the ownership of certain assets originating from the condemnation proceeds of a family-owned farm in Jackson County, Missouri. The farm property was originally owned by Jess L. Gray, a Kansas resident, who died testate on November 10,1966. Jess Gray was survived by his wife, Verda V. Gray, and their five adult children. The plaintiffs are the two daughters of Jess Gray, Marjorie Helen Chaney and Virginia Lee Soetaert, and the surviving spouses and children of two of Jess Gray’s deceased sons, Vernon Harold Gray and Everett Woodrow…