Oliver v. Sperry

This action was instituted to secure a decree of partition of certain real property, the plaintiff, J. E. Oliver, claiming an undivided one-quarter interest therein as surviving husband and heir at law of Harriett A. Oliver (née Miller), deceased.

The complaint sets forth that at the time of her death Harriett A. Oliver (née Miller) was the owner of an undivided one-half interest in and to the property described in the complaint; that the appellant, Charles Elmer Miller, was the surviving son and only child of the said Harriett A. Oliver; that the plaintiff and respondent, J. E. Oliver, was…