Sorg v. Tower

The facts are stipulated as follows: May 30th, 1911, James L. Tower died seized of the premises described in the bill of complaint, leaving him surviving his widow and two children, Emma J. Van Gieson and Henry Bailey Tower. By his will duly probated, the decedent gave said property to his two children absolutely, subject to his wife's use during widowhood. After his widow's death a dispute arose between his daughter and son over their interests in the property and in July. 1931. they brought suits in this court, each against the other. Mrs. Van Gieson's suit was for partition and Tower's…