Cool v. Cool

Elizabeth Cool, the appellee, brought suit against the appellants, devisees under the will of Christopher Cool, deceased, for partition of the real estate described in the complaint. She» alleged in her complaint that on the fifteenth day of February, 1874, Christopher Cool, being then the owner of said real estate, devised the same, by his last will, (a copy of which is made an exhibit,) to the plaintiff, Elizabeth, now his widow, during her natural life, and at her death to the children of his brothers, John and Thomas Cool, and of his sister, Catherine Thrall, share and share alike.…