Allen v. Libbey

This is a petition for partition of land of which Joseph Libbey, in 1874, died seised, brought by a purchaser of sixty-five three-hundredths of the land, being the shares of certain of his heirs, against the widow and the other heirs. The widow alone defends. Joseph Libbey died childless and intestate, and his widow, by force of the Gen. Sts. c. 90, § 15, became seised, as tenant for life, of an undivided half of the land of which partition is sought. Sears v. Sears, 121 Mass. 267. The other respondents and the petitioner hold the entire interest in the land except the life estate of the…