West v. West

The appellant, as complainant in the chancery court, in his bill asks for a sale or division in kind of forty acres of land of which he claims to own in fee simple an undivided one-half interest. He alleges that he was devised this interest in the land under the will of Angeline E. West. The land was originally owned by William West, deceased, and Angeline West was the first wife of William, and the appellee, Lula E. West, is his second wife. Lula claims the land in controversy under a deed, and also under the will of William West. At the time of the marriage of William and Angeline she owned…