Starbuck v. Kingore

*103The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This appeal and cross appeal relate to a controversy over certain Wallace county lands. The lawsuit was chiefly between an adopted daughter, Gladys Yoxall Starbuck, and her adoptive mother, Mary E. Yoxall Kingore.

It appears that the late Samuel D. Yoxall, husband of Mary and adoptive father of Gladys, at his death was the owner and held full title to 960 acres of land in Wallace county, and also held contracts for the purchase of 960 acres of Union Pacific railroad lands adjacent thereto. By the will of Samuel, a life estate in all these…