Kepper v. Schumaker

On May 11, 1877,. one August Batke died testate, leaving surviving him a childless widow, Eliza Batke, and seven children by a former marriage. His will was probated in the LaPorte Circuit Court on May 24, 1877, and his widow, Eliza, qualified as executrix. At the time of his • death, the decedent owned certain real estate, which was subsequently partitioned in the LaPorte Circuit Court in an action wherein the Widow Eliza Batke, then Kepper, was plaintiff and the children of August Batke were defendants and the real estate now in controversy was set off to said Eliza “in severalty, to be…