Shea v. Shea

The claimant was one of eight children of Pierce Shea and his wife. After the death of her father in 1892, it is evident that her one-eighth interest in her father’s farm was sold to the deceased, John 'Shea. A portion of the record of the deed, from the records of the register of deeds, was read into the evidence, by which it appeared that the claimant and three sisters conveyed an undivided four eighths in certain lands to the deceased, John Shea, in consideration of $3,200, the receipt of which, in hand paid, was duly acknowledged. The deed was dated April 15, 1892, and the claim here…