McCall v. Wells

Plaintiff brought ejectment against defendants to recover a piece of land containing about eight acres.

Previous to 1867 William Coat was the owner of one hundred and thirty acres of land which included the land in question. He died in 1858 leaving the defendant Eleanor *172Wells, his widow, and John Coak, Jane E. Pitt, George Coal: and Mary Ann Coak, his children and heirs at law, living at the time of his death. In 1861 the widow married the defendant Alfred Wells.

It appears that in 1867 the widow and heirs made or agreed upon a division of the inheritance setting off parcels to each. No dower…