Allen v. Simons

CURTIS, Circuit Justice.

This is a bill in equity, wherein Russell W. Allen, and Agatha G., his wife, state, that she is one of the children and heirs at law of William Simons, *515late of the city of Providence, deceased, intestate; that at the time of his decease the intestate was lawfully possessed of, and well entitled to, certain personal property, consisting of a newspaper establishment, together with the good-will of the newspaper •called the Republican Herald; that since the 27th day of June, 1829, the apparent title to the property in question had stood in the name of William Simons, Jr.,…