McClish v. Rankin

THOMAS, J.:

Ultimately we must decide whether the appellant, Othelia M. McClish, or the appellee, Estelle Y. Rankin, is entitled to the property left by W. S. Yeager who died intestate. The latter was his sister and only heir; the former claimed that she was his common-law wife.

As we wend to a conclusion it is necessary to pass upon the sufficiency of the bill to withstand the attack on the lone ground that it was without equity, and upon the adequacy of the testimony to substantiate a decree in favor of the appellee. We will consider them in that order.

With haste that appears inordinate the…