POINTER v. WARD

No. 52782.

429 S.W.2d 269 (1968)

Vleta POINTER, Carl Shelton, and James E. Shelton, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Houston WARD and Leatrice Ward Curtis, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley, Noble & Morgan, John W. Noble, William B. Morgan, Kennett, for respondents.

Briney, Welborn & Spain, Joe Welborn, James E. Spain, Bloomfield, for appellants.


ALVIN C. RANDALL, Special Judge.

Mr. J. C. Shelton and Leara Shelton were married May 22, 1954. He was 62 years of age and she was 57. They had no children during their marriage, but plaintiffs are Mr. Shelton's children by a previous marriage and defendants are Mrs. Shelton's children by a previous marriage. When they were married, each owned various pieces of real estate. Mrs. Shelton died intestate in June, 1964. Thereafter, Mr. Shelton commenced an action for...

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