Legal Opinion

Comer v. Himes

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1875PublishedCited by 30 opinions

From the Howard Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtDowney, J.

Lewis E. Himes died intestate, the owner of •certain real estate, leaving a second wife, Nancy M.' Himes, "but no children by her. He left the appellees, children by a former wife. By agreement between the widow and the heirs, ■ eighteen acres of the land were set off and conveyed to the widow for her life, as her share of the land, and she took possession of it. The instrument by which this land was assured to her by the heirs was not recorded. She conveyed this land to the appellant Mary Comer by a warranty deed. Mary Comer setting up a claim to this land in fee simple, the appellees, after…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Baldwin v. KerlinIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Amidon v. GaffIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  3. Oiler v. GardIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
  4. Campbell v. DutchIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  5. Ridgeway v. DearingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Citizens' National Bank v. JudyIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Zimmerman v. GaumerIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Reynolds v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Shuck v. State ex rel. CopeIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad v. McAnnallyIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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