McBroom v. Clark

Lyle Brown, Justice.

The real parties in interest are appellants (plaintiffs below) Gertude McBroom and Henry J. Lauless, Jr.; and Russell Clark and wife, appellees. Appellants brought the action to establish their claim to an interest in their deceased father’s land, as as against a third child and his assigns, the Clarks.

In 1964, Henry J. Lauless, Sr., died intestate owning a four-acre tract of land in Benton County. The estate was administered by the sheriff at the instance of a son, Walter E. Lauless. In 1965 an order was entered in the probate court finding that decedent was survived by…