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MATTHEWS v. TURNER

No. 10646.

581 S.W.2d 466 (1979)

Peggy Butts MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Contestant-Respondent, v. Guy E. TURNER, Defendant-Proponent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

May 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas R. Fiorella, Springfield, for plaintiff-contestant-respondent.

Arthur S. Haseltine, Lester B. Cox, Springfield, for defendant-proponent-appellant.

MAUS, Judge.

On February 15, 1972, testatrix Ella C. Butts (Ella) executed her will devising her estate to her brother, proponent Guy E. Turner (Guy). Referring to her only child, her adopted daughter, contestant Peggy Marie Butts Matthews (Peggy), she said, "I expressly acknowledge that I have a daughter, Peggy Marie Matthews, that I have already given certain property to, and that she is not to take under this, my Last...

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