Waddell v. Waddell
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P. Strother, Judge. This was a suit by Hannah W. Waddell, widow of John J. Waddell, against James White Waddell, Hannah L. Groves and her husband, Prank S. Groves, and John P. Waddell, Robert L. Waddell, Alonzo W. Waddell, Arthur K. Waddell and Mattie E. Waddell, minor children of James William Waddell (son of John J. Waddell, deceased), for partition of certain lands held by defendant’s ancestor, John J. Waddell, under a deed…
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. — Hon. J. P. Strother, Judge. This was a suit by Hannah W. Waddell, widow of John J. Waddell, against James White Waddell, Hannah L. Groves and her husband, Prank S. Groves, and John P. Waddell, Robert L. Waddell, Alonzo W. Waddell, Arthur K. Waddell and Mattie E. Waddell, minor children of James William Waddell (son of John J. Waddell, deceased), for partition of certain lands held by defendant’s ancestor, John J. Waddell, under a deed from John Waddell, senior, dated June 6, 1847, conveying to said ancestor a life-estate, and, on his death, “the title in…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This proceeding is one for the partition of certain lands, and necessarily involved in the cause is the proper construction to be given to the deed therein mentioned.
The clause of the deed thus brought in question is as follows: “To have and to hold the said real estate, with the appurtenances, to the said John J. Waddell, and to his heirs forever, in trust, however, for the following purposes, that is to say: The said John J. Waddell, of the second part, is to have, possess and enjoy the said several tracts or parcels of land herein-before conveyed, and to be seized of the same, to and for…
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