Gee v. Brown

VANMETER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order of the Christian Circuit Court adjudging that the true owners of a 64-acre parcel of land in Christian County were the heirs of Tom Carter (Carter). We affirm.

The facts of this case are relatively simple and straightforward. In 1936, Carter died intestate owning a 64-acre parcel of land in Christian County. He was survived by his wife, Lena Carter Pinehum, and his mother, Ellen Averett. Under the statutes of descent and distribution in effect at that time, Averett inherited the fee, subject to Pinchum’s dower interest. Av-erett died…