Lessley v. Lessley

This was a bill in chancery filed by defendant in error in the Circuit Court against plaintiffs in error. The bill alleges that defendant in error is the widow of Matthew Lessley, deceased ; that he died in April, 1864-, leaving no children or a descendant or descendants of children, or father or mother surviving him, but left a brother and the descendants of his deceased sisters; that he left both real and personal property which the bill describes; that he made a last will by which he made sundry bequests and legacies, — among others, he gave to defendant in error, his lands to hold during…