Boggs v. Yates

Woods, Judge:

The circuit court of Roane county sustained the demurrer to the bill filed in this cause, and the questions arising on the sufficiency of said bill are now here on certificate.

The bill, in substance, sets up the following: That Cyrus Boggs, up to within a few days prior to his death, was possessed in fee simple of three small lots in the City of Spencer; that he and plaintiff had lived together as husband and wife for thirty-five years; that, at the time of his death, he and plaintiff, both very old people, were living on one of said lots; that he became diseased shortly before…