HIGGINS v. RACHFORD

No. 46112.

307 S.W.2d 411 (1957)

Zola HIGGINS, Appellant, v. P. F. RACHFORD, J. V. Rachford, Mrs. F. A. Hamilton, Mrs. Leo R. Robinson, Phillip Rachford, L. L. McAnelly, H. H. McAnelly, Grace Rachford, William Rachford, Mrs. Mildred Fletcher, Loren Virgil Rachford, William Herbert Rachford, Jay Harold Rachford, Paul LeRoy Rachford, Miss Kathyleen Rachford, Harvey Devere Rachford, Mrs. Arlene Harkey, Mrs. Bertha Burch, Clinton Buss, Fred Buss, Rodney Buss, Mrs. Henry Harris, Mrs. Carla Bullock, Mrs. Ruth Shelton, Mrs. Ocie Flower, Mrs. Arline Humston, Arden Cannon, Bluford Cannon, and Oden B. Calhoun, Administrator of the Estate of Clarence V. Jones, Deceased, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

December 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. F. Cottey, Lancaster, Clare Magee, Unionville, for appellant.

William Y. Frick, Unionville, for respondents.


DALTON, Judge.

Action for specific performance of an alleged oral contract of Clarence V. Jones, deceased, to leave his entire estate, subject to the payment of debts, to plaintiff in consideration of personal services. The trial court denied relief and plaintiff has appealed.

Clarence V. Jones, a widower, died intestate in Unionville, Missouri, on January 20, 1956, at the age of 79 years. He left an estate consisting of real and personal property of the approximate...

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