Murdock v. Cox

It is alleged in the first paragraph of the complaint of the appellees that Eli Murdock died, intestate, in 1869; that he was, at the time of his death, the owner of a large quantity of land, and a large amount of personal property, and that all of his indebtedness has been paid; that in February, 1869, the heirs of the intestate partitioned the land of which he died seized, and that his widow, Jane Murdock, conveyed to the heirs all her interest in the land; that the better to secure herself means of support during her life, she required each of the heirs to execute to her a mortgage, upon…