Sturgeon v. Conn

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Peters :

On tbe 20th of September, 1866, this action was brought by appellee against the devisees and executors of Mrs. Jane Sturgeon, alleging that Eobert Sturgeon, her husband, died in 1837, the owner of about 300 acres of land in Jefferson county. That by his will he devised 25 acres of said tract to be taken off a designated end to his son Thomas Sturgeon, and the residue of said tract he devised to his sons Moses and Simpson Sturgeon.

That the testatrix under her execution sale and decree of the *648Louisville chancery court in case “5969” referred, to and made…