Waterman v. Morgan

So far as material here, the substance of appellees’ complaint is, that, on tlie 14th day of February, 1879, Abraham Waterman was the owner of a tract of land, and being old, and desirous of dividing his property, without making a will, deeded a portion of the land to appellant Wilson Waterman, a son, and another portion to Isaac R. Lund and Robert D. Sommers, husbands of two of his granddaughters, that being the only division that could be made of the land; that, being desirous of making provision for appellees, they being his grandchildren, and minors, and children of a deceased daughter,…