Keister v. Keister

At the January term, 1897, of the circuit court of Macon county, Julius Keister, plaintiff in error, filed his bill for the partition of certain lands in that county, alleging that by reason of the death of his father, Peter Keister, on November 5, 1891, he became the owner of the lands in question as tenant in common with his brother, John F. Keister, subject to the dower and homestead rights of Susan Keister, the surviving widow. The bill charges that,.by means of fraud and undue influence on the part of John F. Keister and Susan Keister over the mind of the deceased, they induced him to…