Petro v. Cassiday

The appellants, who were the plaintiffs, brought this action against Cassiday, for the recovery of a tract of land in Fayette county. Defendant answered the complaint by a general traverse. Verdict for the defendant, upon which the Court, having refused a new trial, rendered judgment, &c.

Plaintiffs claimed title under a deed executed to them November 26, 1851, by John McCray, as executor of Phineas McCray, who died in the year 1842, leaving a will, which contains these provisions:

1. “ I will and bequeath to my wife, Sarah Me Cray, all my real and personal property during her natural life.”

2.…