Wolf v. Brown
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. John M. Wood, Judge. (1) By the laws of Missouri it was the duty of respondents to have had the will of Robert G-. Stafford recorded in the recorder’s office- of the city of St. Louis, where the real estate devised to them by his will is situated, within six months after its probate. The will not being recorded in Missouri until March, 1894, there was no notice of such will or of its provisions to anyone, until that time.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. John M. Wood, Judge. (1) By the laws of Missouri it was the duty of respondents to have had the will of Robert G-. Stafford recorded in the recorder’s office- of the city of St. Louis, where the real estate devised to them by his will is situated, within six months after its probate. The will not being recorded in Missouri until March, 1894, there was no notice of such will or of its provisions to anyone, until that time. R. S. 1889, secs. 8899, 8900, 8901; R. S. 1879, secs. 3991, 3992, 3993; Gh S. 1865, secs. 33, 34, p. 530; R. S. 1855, secs.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is a suit in equity by plaintiffs as devisees of Robert Gr. Stafford, deceased, alias Thomas Stafford, against the defendants to set aside a judgment, and the sheriff’s sale of certain lots in the city of St. Louis, for taxes, and deeds through which defendants derived title under said judgment and sale, on the ground that at the time the judgment was rendered under which the lots were sold by the sheriff, *616and for many years prior thereto, said Stafford was dead. There was judgment in favor of plaintiffs, from which the defendant Anna Prill alone appeals.
Robert Gr. Stafford, alias Thomas…
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