Colvin v. Hutchison

This is an action to try and determine title to real estate in the city of St. Louis. Plaintiffs, each claiming an undivided one-twelfth interest in the land, claimed that defendant, Eleanor Davidge, hereinafter called appellant, owned only a one-half interest therein and the court so found. Appellant claims the whole title and has appealed from the trial court's judgment.

The facts are undisputed. The land in question belonged to John H. Livingston, a resident of Bond County, Illinois, who died in January, 1931, leaving a will which devised this land in fee to appellant. His will gave only a…