GILL v. JONES


4 F.Supp. 769 (1932)

GILL et al. v. JONES et al.

District Court, W. D. Missouri, St. Joseph Division.

January 29, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meservey, Michaels, Blackmar, Newkirk & Eager, of Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs.

A. D. Gresham, of Platte City, Mo., Robert S. Eastin, of Kansas City, Mo., Shultz & Owen, of St. Joseph, Mo., and R. R. Brewster, of Kansas City, Mo., for defendants.


OTIS, District Judge.

A brief preliminary statement will help to an understanding of the issues involved in this case.

It appears that on September 2, 1859, one David L. Jones, being then a resident and citizen of the state of Kentucky, executed an instrument in writing wherein he conveyed a life estate in certain Kentucky lands to his son, James H. Jones, then also a resident and citizen of Kentucky, with remainder to the children and the descendants of James...

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