Sargent v. Roberts

Defendants in error filed a bill in the circuit court of Morgan county to set aside a deed and for partition of eighty-seven acres of farm land in said county owned by John T. Sargent (since deceased) and by him conveyed in fee simple to Charles E. Roberts, subject to a life estate. An answer was filed and the matter referred to a master in chancery to take evidence. Subsequently Charles E. Roberts died, and the bill was amended suggesting that fact and other persons were made defendants, including the infant son and only heir, Charles E. Roberts, for whom a guardian ad litem was appointed.…