Wood v. . Reeves

The plaintiffs in this suit are the heirs at law of ___________ Macay, an infant child of William S. and Margaret I. Macay, who died before it was named. Isabella, the mother of Margaret Macay, and (272) grandmother of the said infant, was the wife of Richard Lowery. She died seized of a tract of land in the county of Rowan, and, at her death, it descended to her daughter, Margaret I., then under age. At September Term, 1838, of Rowan County Court, Richard Lowery filed a petition for the sale of this land, in his own name, as tenant by the courtesy and as the guardian of his daughter…