Duffley v. McCaskey

DOUGLAS, J.-

-This is an action to quiet title to a tract of land in Andrew County in which the appellant, plaintiff below, claims a life estate; and for other relief. The appellant was the second wife of one John Donovan who owned the land. On his death he left surviving him, in addition to the appellant, one heir, the defendant Emma D. McCaskey, a daughter by his first marriage. A life estate in the land was awarded the appellant as dower, the remainder being vested in the daughter subject to the doweress' life estate. While the appellant was in possession and collecting the rents and…