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COCKRUM v. COCKRUM

No. 10024.

550 S.W.2d 202 (1977)

Clarence COCKRUM et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nuel F. COCKRUM, Defendant-Respondent, and Matt Cockrum, Defendant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

April 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton C. Brill, Moore & Brill, West Plains, for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. F. Turner, Mountain Grove, Quentin Haden, Ava, Russell G. Clark, Woolsey, Fisher, Clark, Whiteaker & Stenger, Springfield, for defendant-respondent.

Before STONE, P. J., and TITUS and FLANIGAN, JJ.

TITUS, Judge.

Clay Cockrum (Clay), owner of a 155-acre Ozark County farm, died February 24, 1970. An instrument dated December 29, 1969, was adjudged by the Probate Court of Ozark County to be Clay's last will and testament. A nephew of decedent, Nuel Cockrum (Nuel), was named the executor and sole beneficiary of the will. Two of Clay's brothers and a daughter of a deceased brother brought this action to contest the will claiming, alternatively, that Clay was not...

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