Bevan v. Shelton

DAVISON, Justice.

The parties will he referred to by their trial court designations.

The basic facts are as follows: That the land in question was allotted to Sarah E. Oakes who died intestate in 1922, while owning it. She was survived by her husband, L. M. Bevan (defendant) and two daughters (the plaintiffs herein) and a third daughter, Oleta Bevan, who died, while still a minor, single and without issue, several years after the death of her mother. That under the laws of descent her interest was inherited by plaintiffs, in equal shares, whereby the land became vested, one-third in L. M.…