Biddle v. Pierce

The controversy in this case is over the partition of certain funds in the hands of Crane and Anderson, trustees, of which appellant and appellees are the owners as the heirs of one Basil Tracy, late of Montgomery county, deceased. Tracy was a large property owner in said county, the father of eight children, some of whom had died when he himself departed this life, each leaving a child or children surviving. Before January, 1891, Tracy had from time to time made various advancements to his children and grandchildren, some of whom had received more than the others, such advancements…