O'NEIL v. STRATTON

No. 9561.

64 F.2d 911 (1933)

O'NEIL et al. v. STRATTON.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 21, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. H. Cullen, of St. Louis, Mo. (Taylor R. Young, Karl M. Vetsburg, and Spencer M. Thomas, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellants.

Walter Burch, of St. Louis, Mo. (Walter Diehm, of St. Louis, Mo., and W. J. Goldschmidt, of Milwaukee, Wis., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STONE, VAN VALKENBURGH, and BOOTH, Circuit Judges.


STONE, Circuit Judge.

Henry H. Stratton (a resident of St. Louis, Mo.) died there leaving a will which made no provision for appellee. Appellee brought this action against the executors and legatees for a share of the estate under the claim that he was a legitimate child of the testator. From a decree in his favor, the defendants bring this appeal.

There is no dispute as to appellee being the child of testator. The broad controversy is whether he is a legitimate...

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