Everett v. Croskrey

I. The land involved in the suit is a tract of about sixty acres. It was formerly owned *334by Thomas Everett, who, by his last will and testament, devised it to his two daughters, Lavina Halstead and Caroline Croskrey, in equal shares. The plaintiff Sarah Everett purchased and now owns the undivided one half of said land which formerly belonged to Lavina Halstead. Caroline Croskrey continued to own the other undivided one half until her death, which occurred in May, 1884. She had no issue, and the defendant, Jacob Croskrey, is her surviving husband. A short time before her death, Caroline…