Bartram v. Kemp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to determine interests in real estate, quiet title, and effect partition. The ultimate purpose was to compel remaindermen in fee after life estates to persons still living to abide by a voluntary partition of land by devisees under a will other than the remaindermen. The relief prayed for was denied, and the parties adverse to the remaindermen appeal.

David Bartram, a widower, and owner of 320 acres of land, died testate in 1889. He left ten children. He willed to each of eight of them an undivided one-tenth of the land. To…