Wanstrath v. Kappel

This is an appeal by George B. Wanstrath from an order of the circuit court striking from the files his answer and cross bill and dismissing him as a party defendant in an equity suit brought by Gertrude Wanstrath.

Plaintiff alleged that she is the widow of George' J. Wanstrath who died testate in 1943, leaving as his only heirs a son and daughter by a former marriage, the son being appellant George B. Wanstrath. That a few months before his death George J. Wanstrath, in contemplation of impending death, executed a trust indenture purporting to convey most of his personal property. That same…