Kell v. Worden

This was a bill in equity, brought by John C. Worden, for partition of certain lands in Madison county, the petitioner claiming an undivided third. It was also alleged in the bill that Emma E. Kell and Silas W. Kell each owned an undivided one-third of the lands described in the petition, subject to the homestead and dower rights of Nancy Kell. After the filing of the bill, Elizabeth Kell appeared in the cause and filed her interpleader, in which she set up title to an undivided two-thirds of the land, and she also denied that the complainant held the title set up by him in the bill.

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