King v. Isley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Comt. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The evidence, both as to quantity and quality, preponderated in favor of appellants. Sixteen witnesses testified on their side, ten of whom were related by blood or marriage and six were neither interested or related. Plaintiffs’ evidence consisted mainly of conversations either with Mrs. Isley or with Clay King in her presence, and it is not probable that the witnesses fabricated their testimony.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Comt. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The evidence, both as to quantity and quality, preponderated in favor of appellants. Sixteen witnesses testified on their side, ten of whom were related by blood or marriage and six were neither interested or related. Plaintiffs’ evidence consisted mainly of conversations either with Mrs. Isley or with Clay King in her presence, and it is not probable that the witnesses fabricated their testimony. See Still v. Huldekoper 17 Wall. 394; 1 Wharton’s Evidence, ch. 2; Railroad v. Richardson, 91 U. S. 470; Life Ins. Co. v. Hillman,…
1Opinion of the CourtBeace, J.
By general warranty deed duly executed and acknowledged and dated the twenty-fifth day of September, A. D. 1880, Hiram T. King and wife, of Rochester, New York, for the consideration of $2500, conveyed to Nancy Isley two lots in the city of Kansas in fee simple absolute.
At the January term, 1888, of the Jackson county circuit court, this suit was instituted by the plaintiffs, who are the brothers, and some of the other heirs-at-law of Clement Olay King', who died intestate without lineal descendants on the twenty-fourth of April, 1881, against the.said Nancy Isley, a sister of said Clement…
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