Bowen v. Lingle

Coffey, J. —

William S. Lingle, of Tippecanoe county, died intestate, on the 2d day of September, 1884, leaving as his widow Frances E. Lingle. At the time of his death he was the owner and in the possession of eighteen hundred and eighty-three acres of land in this State, which he held under a written contract with the appellee White, for the purchase of the same. Said White holds a purchase-money lien on all of said land, amounting to seventeen *561thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents. After said contract of purchase, to wit, on the 11th day of December, 1877, said…