Capps v. Adamson

VAN OSDOL, C.

In this case title to described lands in Vernon County, Missouri, devolves upon the determination of the issue of an alleged revocation of a will, and upon the determination of the issues of adoption pursuant to an alleged oral contract, and equitable adoption by estoppel. The action was instituted by plaintiffs, the sisters of Dr. Adam II. Adamson, and a niece, the latter being the daughter of a deceased sister of Dr. Adamson. Dr. Adam-son, a widower, died October 21, 1947, a resident of Arcadia, Crawford County, Kansas. He had been a successful physician, and died seised of…