Wilcox v. Sams

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clarke

Reversing.

Appellants, Rosa Lee Wilcox, Fannie May Olowers and Samuel Hall are •children and heirs' at law of Nannie Belle Hall, who died intestate in 1895. Appellees, Robert R. Sams, Cleveland Sams and the children of Naomi Allen are children and grandchildren of John Sams, who died intestate in 1897, the owner and in possession of a large body of land located in Estill county, and variously estimated to contain from 500 to 900 acres.

John Sams’ widow died June 15, 1901, and shortly thereafter his land was partitioned among his three ehil dren,…