Shuman v. Shuman

Williams, Judge:

In February, 1907, Jesse Shuman died seized of a tract of 247 acres of land, leaving to survive him a widow, Massa Shuman, and five children as his only heirs, two of whom are the plaintiff and the defendant. On the. 17th of June, 1907, S. M. Shuman, the plaintiff, sold his one-fifth undivided interest in the Pittsburg seam of coal underlying said tract of land to his brother T. A. Shuman, the defendant, at the price of $1,235.00, payable in ten days thereafter. Within the ten days defendant paid to plaintiff $823.32, two-thirds of the price, and thereupon a deed was…