Ball v. Palmer

This was a petition for partition, hy the appellee Fanny Palmer, of certain lands whereof Catharine Ball died seized. She claims as the half-sister and sole heir at law of David Ball, Jr., deceased, who was the only child and heir at law of David Ball, Sr., deceased, who was one of the children and heirs at law of Catharine Ball. The appellants Mary and Elizabeth Ball claim that the land in controversy belongs to them exclusively; that it was given to them by their mother, Catharine Ball; that they have been in possession for more than twenty years before the filing of the petition, claiming…