Cox v. Dill

The appellees petitioned for the partition of numerous tracts of land, claiming as lineal descendants and heirs at law of William A. Bowles, who had died intestate, seized of the lands in fee. The appellants besides Mrs. Bowles, the widow, were made defendants to answer to a claim which, as the petitioners averred, they wrongfully asserted to a part of the lands.

The appellants, without answering or denying the petition, filed a cross-petition or counter-claim, alleging that, while in life, Bowles had conveyed by deed a part of the lands mentioned in the petition to Mrs. Cox, and that the…