Willis v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court.— Son. L. B. Woods, Judge. (1) Henry Willis and William T. Willis were each entitled to one-half of the life estate, and each of their children surviving them is entitled to an equal part of the share of their ancestor per stirpes. 18 C. J. 329; Tread-well v. Bulldey, 4 Am.
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Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court.— Son. L. B. Woods, Judge. (1) Henry Willis and William T. Willis were each entitled to one-half of the life estate, and each of their children surviving them is entitled to an equal part of the share of their ancestor per stirpes. 18 C. J. 329; Tread-well v. Bulldey, 4 Am. Dec. 227; Charles v. White, 214 Mo. 196; Long v. McDongald’s Admr., 23 Ala. 413; Smith v. Alderson, 116 Ya. 986. (2) The granting clause of this deed conveys a fee simple title, except for the modification contained in the subsequent paragraphs of the deed. WaLdemeyer v. Loebig, 222 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
—These are suits in ejectment and to quiet title, brought in the Circuit Court of Grundy County. The pleadings and evidence are the same in all of these cases, except that each involves different tracts of land. It was stipulated that the second and third cases should be heard and submitted with the first, the decision in the latter to control in the disposition of the other two, both in. the trial court and upon appeal.
On February 23,1866, Thomas Willis and Elizabeth, his wife, were the owners in fee of all of the land described in the three suits. On that day they conveyed the same by…
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