Pixlee v. Petty

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

This is an action instituted by certain of the collateral kindred of William T. Pixlee, deceased, to partition described lands which had .been owned by decedent and which he had devised by his will of May 31, 1921. An issue of-title to. the described real estate was raised by the answer of defendant, Thomas J. Shoemaker, surviving husband of the sole surviving child of testator.

Defendant Shoemaker alleged himself to be “the owner in fee simple title and (that he) is entitled to the immediate possession of all the lands described in the petition, and that the same is…