Goodrich v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court, granting a petition for partition of certain land in Milford. Hearing before Colburn, J., who reserved the case for the determination of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
Moses Adams died in 1834, intestate, and seised in fee simple of the premises, leaving a widow and six children, of whom three' died in 1837, during their minority and without having been married; namely, Sally A., on January 19, 1837; Emily, on January 20, 1837; and David S., on March 5, 1837.
By the St. of 1805, c. 90, § 1, in force when Moses Adams died, the estate descended in equal shares to his children, subject to the dower of the widow. The widow died in 1883, before the filing of the petition, leaving by will her real estate to Alma A. Adams, one of the children, and the appellant.…
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