Legal Opinion
Wilma Krueger and Harold Stuller v. Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hannibal, Missouri, of the Estate of Charles Six, Dorothy James and Jean Chapman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1983No. 83-1760PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The parties having failed to raise the issue, we are obliged to address the question of subject matter jurisdiction on our own motion. A short statement of the case’s factual and procedural background will suffice.
Wilma Krueger and Harold Stuller attack the validity of a will executed by Charles Six on May 6,1981, and admitted to probate in state court on the ground that Six was of “unsound mind and memory” at the time of its making. The plaintiffs are not named as beneficiaries in this will, nor are they blood relatives of Six. Krueger and Stuller seek to supplant this will with a will dated…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sutton v. EnglishSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Rice v. Rice FoundationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Jack Lamberg, Individually and as Under the Will of Ruth N. Wood, Also Known as Ruth I. Wood v. Robert J. Callahan, as Under the Will of Ernest WoodCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Michigan Tech Fund, a Non-Profit Michigan Corporation v. Century National Bank of BrowardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Bassler v. ArrowoodCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Christopher P. Sianis v. Mary S. Jensen Bradford K. JensenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- Moore v. GraybealCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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- Brad H. Sidles v. John DoughertyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Christopher Sianis v. Mary S. JensenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002