Bowen v. Nelson

The action was complaint for land. Willis Bowen and others, who were children of Josephine Bowen, formerly Josephine -Whitfield, were plaintiffs, and C. A. Nelson, was defendant. The case was submitted to the judge upon an agreed statement of facts, under a consent that he pass upon all questions of law and fact without a jury. His finding was in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiffs excepted.

1. The plaintiffs relied for title on the third item of the will of Beuben Whitfield, who died seized and possessed of the land. They claimed as tenants in.remainder, after termination of an alleged…