Ransom v. Henderson

This was a proceeding for partition, prosecuted by Samuel E. Henderson, Owen P. Thompson and William H. Barnes, against Hiram E. Henry, Robert Ransom and Prona Arm Ransom and others, in the circuit court of Brown county. The substantial allegations of the bill are, the lands of which partition is sought originally belonged to Jesse Orr, who died intestate on the 1st of January, 1876, leaving surviving him a widow and seven children, namely, Sarah E. Masterson, John Orr, Lorano Caroline Orr, Susan Orr, Elliott Orr, Julia Orr and Mary Orr; that John, Elliott and Julia subsequently conveyed…