Kicey v. Kicey

Michael Kicey, being seized of certain real estate, died in 1930, intestate, and without issue, leaving him surviving his widow (now deceased) and seven brothers and sisters — two of whom have filed bill for partition on the theory that the title to the property passed to the brothers and sisters as tenants in common. Defendants move to dismiss the bill, contending that title passed to the widow and not to the brothers and sisters, and that complainants therefore have no interest in the premises.

By the provisions of the statute, as it existed for many years, the inheritance devolved upon…