Shaw v. Chambers

The merits of this suit involve the title to & farm in the county of Genesee which is claimed by the parties respectively. When the suit was instituted complainant was in possession, and defendant was prosecuting a suit in ejectment to recover it. The bill in this case seeks a perpetual injunction against the suit at law, and a decree-quieting complainant’s title as against defendant’s claim.

Both parties claim under Enoch N. Chambers, who died seized of the lands in September, 1860, leaving a will of which the important provision is the following:

“ I give and bequeath to my wife, Mary E.…