Parker v. Parker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition filed in November 1868 by one of William Parker’s children for partition of real estate set off in 1859 by way of dower to Hannah, said William’s widow; submitted to the judgment of the superior court, and, on appeal, of this court, upon facts agreed, by which it appeared that William Parker died intestate in 1856, leaving his said widow, and, as his heirs, three sons, namely, Samuel A., Benjamin, and the petitioner; one daughter, Mary C.; and the minor children of…
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Petition filed in November 1868 by one of William Parker’s children for partition of real estate set off in 1859 by way of dower to Hannah, said William’s widow; submitted to the judgment of the superior court, and, on appeal, of this court, upon facts agreed, by which it appeared that William Parker died intestate in 1856, leaving his said widow, and, as his heirs, three sons, namely, Samuel A., Benjamin, and the petitioner; one daughter, Mary C.; and the minor children of a deceased son James, of whom George Pearson was guardian, and 'who with said Samuel A. were the respondents; that the…
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
The premises, of which partition is sought, consist of the land set out to Hannah Parker, as her dower, from the estate of William Parker. The children of James Parker claim to be entitled to one fifth of the same, in right of their father. They are so entitled, unless complete partition, as to them, has already been made. The petitioner insists that, in the division of the estate by which the dower was set out and partition made among the heirs of William Parker, in the course of the settlement of his estate, the full share of James Parker, in all the real estate that descended, was assigned…
2Cited by1 opinion
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