Taylor v. Reid

This is an action of complaint for land. The plaintiffs are the children of Julia Eppie Miller, who had intermarried with ~W. A. Keid; and the defendant is a purchaser from her. It appeared from the petition as amended, that the land in controversy belonged to Julia M. Miller, and that in 1878 she made her will, the 4th, 5th, and 6th items of which are as follows: “4. It is my further will, that my real estate, consisting of lots of land Nos. 123, 124, 125, 132, and 157, in the 13th district of said county, and my town property in the town of Smithville in said county, shall belong jointly to…