Pyne v. O'DONNELL

This is a bill in equity to quiet title to certain real estate in the city of Providence. After a hearing in the superior court on bill, answer and proof a decree was entered denying and dismissing the bill. The cause is before us on complainants’ appeal from that decree.

The complainants are some of the remaindermen, referred to in the third clause of the will of John J. McDonnell, hereinafter quoted. The respondent is a niece of Elizabeth J. (McDonnell) Gavigan, to whom the latter devised by-will her interest in the premises involved herein.

It appears from the evidence that John J. McDonnell…