Trotter v. Trotter

Walker, J.:

The plaintiffs, children and heirs at law of Benjamin Y. Trotter, deceased, filed their complaint against Ellen Trotter, widow, and the minor children and heirs of Benjamin Y. Trotter, in which they allege that their deceased father died the owner of the northeast quarter of section thirty, in township one south, of range two west, containing 160 acres; that their father made a will, which was duly probated, by which the land, together with all of his personal estate, was devised to the defendant Ellen and her children (the defendants), the said Ellen to have only a life estate in…