Bristor v. Bristor

— Esther A. Bristor, the appellee, inherited-from her father in common with her brother, John Kellum,. several parcels of real property; in December, 1846, an agreement of partition was made allotting to her a lot in Indianapolis ; in execution of this agreement a deed was executed by Kellum, but instead of making it to the appellee it was made to herself and her husband; the sole reason for so-writing the deed was the statement of the justice by whom-, it was drawn that this was the only legal form in which it could be made. The husband throughout his life spoke of the property as belonging…