Schneider v. Hoffmann
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Boyle, J. Thomp. on Home, and Ex., sects. 453-455; Vogeler v. Montgomery, 54 Mo. 584 ; Gasebolt v. Donaldson, 67 Mo. 311. /Slcouten v. Wood, 57 Mo. 383; Gragg v. Gragg, 65 Mo.-343; Plate v. Koehler, 8 Mo. App. 396; How v. Adams, 28 Yt. 544; Day v. Adams, 42 Yt. 510.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This was an action of ejectment. There was a finding and judgment for defendants.
It appears that F. W. Schneider, Sr., owned and occupied as his homestead, at the date of his death, the property in question. By his last will he devised to his nephew, F. W. Schneider, two-thirds of this property, “ to go into his possession,” the will reads, “after the death of my wife; and in case of his decease, to go into possession of my brother, John Schneider, or his heirs forever.” The rest of his property was bequeathed by Schneider, Sr., to his wife, for life.
Schneider, Sr., died in 1868; Schneider,…
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- Plate v. KoehlerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1880
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