Haecker v. Haecker

Redick, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff for the partition of two tracts of land containing 160 acres and 20 acres, respectively, but there is no dispute as to the 20 acres. The controversy as to the 160-acre tract presents the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to establish a delivery of a certain deed referred to later, and this is the only question to be decided. George Haecker was the ancestor of all the defendants and was the owner of the 160 acres in dispute, living upon it with his family until his death on August 12, 1914. On April 19, 1900, he made…