Cheryl Jean Easter v. Margaret Ochs

Cheryl Jean Easter sued to quiet title to four Missouri farms that she and her brother, Alan Ochs, claimed. When Alan later died, his heirs -- the Ochs family -- became the defendants. The circuit court granted summary judgment for Cheryl on stipulated facts. Because a state statute is alleged to violate the equal protection and full-faith-and-credit clauses of the United States Constitution, this Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const., Art. V, § 3. The decision of the circuit court is affirmed. On June 28, 1937, Adolph Ochs made a last will, which included: