Etheridge v. Hammer

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Action by which plaintiff Erlynne Ethe-ridge sought to establish an interest in real property, owned, according to the record of title, by her father, William Hammer, at the time of his death, and his sister, Bertha Shields, as joint tenants with right of sur-vivorship.

Plaintiff Erlynne Etheridge is the daughter and sole heir of William L. Hammer. Her age does not appear, but she was married in 1937. Her father was divorced. Beginning around 1940, William Hammer and his sister, Mrs. Bertha Shields, occupied adjacent apartments in a duplex at 2901-03 Ohio Avenue in St.…