Pfister v. Casso

This is a suit for the partition of certain real estate standing in the name of Mrs. Bella Loeb Casso, deceased. Plaintiff is a sister of the deceased, and defendants are her nephews and nieces, children of another predeceased sister. The intervener (father of the defendants) is the surviving husband of the deceased.

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The issue involved is whether said property belongs to the separate estate of the deceased or forms part of the community formerly existing between her and her husband, the intervener. If it forms part of the community, then the intervener owns one half thereof in his own right…