Longacre v. Knowles

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

This suit was originally filed pursuant to Section 473.357 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., in the probate court of Vernon County for the determination of title to certain personal property held by the administratrix of the estate of Merit Gustavis Longacre, known and referred to in the record as Gus Long-acre. Upon appeal to the circuit court the judgment was in favor of the administra-trix, and plaintiff has appealed.

Gus Longacre died intestate on January 28, 1957, leaving as his sole heirs Joseph N. Longacre, plaintiff-appellant, a nephew, and Kathleen Knowles, a niece, who…