Scanland v. Walters

This suit was brought in the circuit court by Ann Estelle Scanland and Reuben F. Roy, as plaintiffs, claiming ownership of the property here in controversy — 100 acres of land in Ralls County — under a deed made in March, 1910, to Charles B. Scanland and Reuben F. Roy, by Jesse B. Jones, as administrator de bonisnon of J. Edward Walters, deceased. After the making of the administrator's deed Charles B. Scanland died intestate, leaving no descendants, and his widow, Ann Estelle Scanland, elected to take one-half of his estate. The common source of title is George W. Walters, who, at the time…