Connell v. Moore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Atkinson, J. :

This is suit in partition by W. F. Connell, as guardian of Midget Connell, minor heir of D. W. McKey and Sarah McKey, deceased, against Isaac Moore and others. Plaintiff claimed for his ward an undivided one-fourteenth of a 200-acre tract in Elk county. There was judgment for defendants quieting title against the claims of plaintiff.

In February, 1901, D. W. McKey died intestate, leaving as his only heirs a widow, Sarah McKey, six adult children, and two grandchildren — the issue of a deceased daughter, Elizabeth J. Connell, one of them…