Noble v. McGinnis

This was a proceeding in the court below, by the appellant, against George F. McGinnis, administrator of the estate of Martha Ellis, deceased, and Reuben Burnett, guardian of Hiram Ellis, a person of unsound mind.

The complaint represented that in February, 1846, Kelson R. Ellis, late of Marion county, died testate, leaving the said Martha Ellis, as his widow, and nine children, naming each of them, surviving him. That at the time of his death, the said Kelson R. Ellis was the owner of several tracts of land in said county, containing in all two hundred and forty acres, and that hy his last…