Piper v. May

Suit for partition of land by the appellant, who was the widow of Philip May, deceased, against the appellees; children of said deceased. The deceased owned *284eighty-eight and three-tenths acres of land, which at his death descended to the widow and children. They after-wards purchased thirty acres more of land, she paying one-third of the price, and the children, by their guardian, two-thirds thereof. The widow, in March, 1870, intermarried with Piper. Afterwards, in April, 1872, this action was commenced. It was found and reported by the commissioners appointed that the land could not be…