Crawford v. Arends

The plaintiff-respondent in this quiet title suit was adjudged by the circuit court of Jackson county to be the owner in fee simple of an undivided 5/196 interest in the real estate hereinafter described. She and the defendants-appellants all claim ownership through the will of Emma Arends Weber, deceased, a resident of Kansas. The interest in dispute is that devised by said will to Frank J. Weber, one of the testatrix' cousins, who predeceased her leaving no natural issue. Respondent claims that interest as the adopted child of Weber under Sec. 528, R.S. 1939, Mo. R.S.A., sec. 528, which…