McDaniels v. Walker

April 5, 1877, the plaintiff’s father, Levi McDaniels, died intestate, seized in fee of fifty acres of land in Wayne county, and leaving a widow and eight children. *84November 9, 1877, letters of administration were issued to tbe defendant Walker, arid commissioners on claims appointed. February 14, 1879, the latter filed their report containing an allowance of claims to the amount of $285.42. The widow and heirs were occupants of the farm, and they agreed between themselves that specific portions should be occupied in severalty, and pursuant to this arrangement the plaintiff on and prior to…