Pierson v. Lawler

This is an action to- partition the northwest quarter of section 34, township 13, range 35 west, in Keith county. The case was presented to the trial court on controverted issues relating to title and to the respective shares of the owners. When the land belonged to Josiah Weir, he died intestate September 20, 1901, leaving as his only heirs a brother, John C. Weir, and two sisters, Grace Beveridge and Mary Young, the latter being an alien residing in Scotland. Grace Beveridge died in September, 1906, leaving as her only heirs nine children. Through conveyances from John Ó. Weir, Mary Young…