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WILLIAMS v. ELLIS

No. 46794.

323 S.W.2d 238 (1959)

Joseph R. WILLIAMS et al. (Plaintiffs), Appellants, v. John ELLIS and Phyllis Ellis, his Wife (Defendants), Respondents, Ocellous Ellis and Willie B. Ellis, His Wife (Defendants), Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 13, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alphonse J. Lynch and W. D. Shavers, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David E. Horn, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants.

S. M. Thomas, Frederick E. Busse, Thomas & Busse, St. Louis, for defendants-respondents.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Since 1949 the legal title to the piece of property known as 4267-71 Easton Avenue has been in John and Phyllis Ellis. This suit originated when the heirs at law of Reaf Williams, thirty-five or more brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces, instituted the action against two nephews and their wives, John and Phyllis Ellis and Ocellous and Willie B. Ellis. The object of the suit was to divest the title of John and Phyllis on the theory that their...

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