Deaner v. Gwaltney

Giles Thomas was the owner, at the time of his death in 1916, of the northwest quarter of section 15, township 13 north, range 10 east, in Mississippi county. He was survived by his widow and three adult children. In a partition proceeding, the land was divided into three equal parts, but all subject to the dower and homestead rights of the widow, who died in 1928. The west third was assigned to Lucy Deaner, a daughter, now deceased, whose children and surviving heirs brought six separate suits to cancel sales of the land for the nonpayment of drainage taxes. The suits were in the nature of a…