Murphy v. Henry

The appellants commenced in the court below a proceeding against the appellees for the partition of certain real estate.

The facts necessary to a proper understanding of the question involved are these: that Macon Henry, Sr., departed this life, intestate, and seized of the land in controversy; that he left to survive him his widow, Sarah Henry, and Macon Henry, Jr., who was his only child; that afterwards Sarah Henry departed this life, intestate, and left surviving her Macon Henry, Jr., who was her only child; that afterwards, Macon Henry, Jr., departed this life, intestate, and without…