Erickson v. White

This is a petition for partition brought by an heir at law of Mary E. White, who deceased intestate on May 8, 1931, and who was the wife of William A. White, the appellant. All the heirs at law of the decedent are made parties. William A. White, the admitted owner of a one-third undivided interest in the real estate, claims the entire title by virtue of an instrument purporting to be a deed from his wife to him executed by her on January 29, 1930, but not recorded until December 7, 1933, which was about thirty-one months after her death.

The single question of law to be decided is whether the…