McCracken v. McCracken

— This was an action of ejectment instituted in March, 1872, in which the plaintiffs had judgment. The answer of the defendant was a general denial only. The plaintiffs claimed as pretermitted heirs of their fatherj Thomas McCracken, deceased. The defendant claimed under the following clause of the last will of said McCracken : “I do give and bequeath to my son Joseph O. McCracken my land, containing one hundred and fifty acres, to be his absolute property after the death of my wife, Elizabeth, conditioned that my son Joseph C. McCracken shall support my son Miles McCracken during his natural…