Devine v. Harkness

This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellees, the widow and minor children and heirs of John B. Harkness, deceased, to set aside a guardian’s sale of the real estate belonging to said children. The court below decreed in favor of the complainants, and the defendant appealed.

It appears that John B. Harkness died March 18, 1878, intestate, seized of the premises in question, an improved farm of two hundred and ten acres, in Dellalb county. The widow was appointed guardian of the children, and was also administratrix of the estate of her husband. During the fall of 1879, Mrs. Harkness was…