HUGHES v. NEELY

Nos. 47287, 47288.

332 S.W.2d 1 (1960)

William Blair HUGHES and Mary Elizabeth Mosby, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Bernita NEELY, W. M. Neely, Lois Neely, Margaret E. Hughes, J. B. Hughes, Thomas G. Douglass, Trustee for Margaret E. Hughes, under Will of James M. Douglass, J. B. Hughes, Trustee for Margaret E. Hughes, M. Frances Mayfield, Allen M. Douglass, J. Mott Douglass, and T. G. Douglass, Guardian and Curator for Margaret E. Hughes, N.C.M., Defendants, Bernita Neely, W. M. Neely and Lois Neely, Appellants. William Blair HUGHES and Mary Elizabeth Mosby, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Brooxie Nell SMITH, Ella Parish, Margaret E. Hughes, J. B. Hughes, Thomas G. Douglass, Trustee for Margaret E. Hughes under Will (Deed) of James M. Douglass, J. B. Hughes, Trustee for Margaret E. Hughes, M. Frances Mayfield, Allen M. Douglass, J. Mott Douglass, Thomas G. Douglass, and T. G. Douglass, Guardian and Curator for Margaret E. Hughes, N.C.M., Defendants, Brooxie Nell Smith, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied and Opinion Modified on Motion February 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Billings, Bradley and Noble, John W. Noble and Charles M. Cable, Kennett, for appellants.

McHaney & McHaney, by William H. Billings, Kennett, for respondents.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied and Opinion Modified on Court's Own Motion February 8, 1960.

HYDE, Presiding Judge.

These two cases are actions to cancel two judgments entered in the Circuit Court of Pemiscot County in 1930, which terminated trusts in separate tracts of land, vested title in the life beneficiary of the trusts and divested title of all contingent remaindermen. These cases, involving the same issues as to validity...

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