Bowen v. John

This was a proceeding in chancery for the partition of certain lands, the ownership whereof depends upon the true construction of the second clause of the will of James M. John, deceased. Said second clause of the will reads as follows:

“Second—I give and devise unto my brother, Thomas John, and my sisters, Caroline John and Eliza John, in equal parts or shares between them, all my right, title, interest and claim in and to the south-west quarter of section twenty-seven (27), in township twenty-seven (27), north, range two (2), west of the third principal meridian, in the county and State…