PRIOR v. PRIOR

No. 51227.

395 S.W.2d 438 (1965)

Beecher PRIOR et al., Respondents, v. Estil Dean PRIOR et al., Defendants, Rowena Hager et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Beavers, Larry L. Zahnd, Beavers & Zahnd, Maryville, for respondent, Arda Jean Merrill.

John E. Downs, Don Pierce, Downs & Pierce, St. Joseph, for respondent, Estil Dean Prior.

J. F. Allebach, Albany, for appellants.


WELBORN, Commissioner.

The primary object of this action is to quiet title to a 191-acre farm in Gentry County on the theory that the will of Henry W. B. Myrick, insofar as it purported to dispose of the farm, was void for violation of the rule against perpetuities. Partition was also sought. The trial court found the will void insofar as the disposition of the farm was concerned and quieted title accordingly, and ordered partition. This appeal followed.

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