Gaston v. Moore

This case is here both on appeal and error.

The original action below was brought by the plaintiff, Elizabeth B. Moore, widow of Hugh M. Moore, to sell real estate claimed to be the property of Hugh M. Moore, plaintiff’s decedent, to pay debts of said estate.

The petition sought to sell two tracts, designated tract 1 and tract 2. There was no contest over the right of the plaintiff to sell tract 2, and it was sold and the proceeds distributed. The controversy is over the ownership of tract L

The plaintiff alleged in her petition that her decedent, Hugh M. Moore, died seized in fee simple of…