Parsons v. Childs

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The petition was filed in 1936 and alleges: that plaintiffs are the heirs of Mary Atkins who died a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, October 13, 1911, leaving.by last will an estate of about $1,000,000; the will is set out in full and provides specific bequests totaling nearly $600,000 and then contains the following:

“After the payment of all my just debts, and after the payment of the above mentioned specific legacies, I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my property, real, personal and mixed, of which I may be…