Murray v. Murray

Action for the partition of land. The court found that each of the plaintiffs owned an undivided 1/84 of the land involved, and that the defendant William Murray owned the remaining undivided 82/84. The 1/84 of each of the plaintiffs came by descent from their grandmother who inherited 1/7 upon the death of a sister of their father. There is no question of the finding that each of the plaintiffs has 'an undivided 1/84. They claim that in addition to the 2/84 they own an undivided 1/7. The court found against them. The controversy is over this 1/7. They appeal from- the order denying their…