Burget v. Merritt

— In 1882 William Burget died intestate, seized of 160 acres. He left surviving him Harriet Burget, who was his second wife and by whom he had no children, *144and appellants, who are descendants from a former marriage. In 1883 appellants executed to Seager a deed of release and quitclaim for the fee simple title to the whole tract. They sold and intended to convey to Seager the complete title except a life estate of the widow in an undivided third. Seager paid appellants $6,200, which was the full value of all the land, and he believed that he was acquiring title to the whole except a life…