Northcutt v. McAllister

This is an appeal from the Boone Circuit Court, on change of venue, in a suit to quiet title and for partition of eighty acres of land in Cooper County. The construction of the will of Stephen D. Pettus, who is the common source of title, and a plea of res adjudicata give rise to the questions in the case. Respondents Nannie J. Northcutt and EvaL. Eager are, respectively, daughter and grand-daughter of. Stephen D. Pettus. Appellants Willie Mae iMbAllister, Elizabeth L. Proctor and Frances D. Patterson are sisters and great grand-daughters of Stephens D. Pettus. The appellants Sutton are…