Legal Opinion

Franklin v. Lee

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 26, 1901No. 3,809PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Erom Vanderburgh. Circuit Court; J. II. Foster, Judge. Action by Louis Lee against Robert Eranklin and others to recover possession of real estate and to quiet title. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant Robert Eranklin appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtWiley, J.

Appellee was plaintiff below, and brought and prosecuted to a successful termination this action for the possession of, and to quiet title to, certain real estate. One Daniel Lee owned the real estate in fee simple at the time of his death, leaving, him surviving, a widow, who *33was a childless second wife. After the death of Daniel Lee, his widow married appellant Eohert Franklin, and died a short time after such marriage. Appellant claims that Daniel Lee died childless and without legal heirs, and that upon his death his property, being the real estate in question, vested in his widow; and…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Fleming v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
  2. Wenning v. TeepleIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Teter v. TeterIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Cooper v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Boulden v. McIntireIndiana Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by37 opinions

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  5. Wiley v. WileyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919

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