Oliphant v. Pumphrey

William Pumphrey died testate, the owner of certain real estate described in the second codicil of his will, leaving a childless widow, who was a sister of the appellants, and ten children by a former marriage, who are the appellees herein. The widow elected to take under the will and for a dozen years held possession of said real estate, and then died leaving the appellants as her sole heirs. They then sued to quiet title to the real estate so devised to her, alleging that, under the will of her husband and codicils thereto, she took a fee simple title which they had inherited from her. The…