Pemberton v. Heirs of Pemberton

Oldham, O.

In 1893, George C., Pemberton died intestate in Washington county, Nebraska, and was at the time of his death the owner in fee of certain lands situated in that county. An administrator of the estate was appointed, all debts were paid, and the administration closed prior to the institution of the suit at bar. At the time of Pemberton’s death, he left surviving him his wife, Margaret A. Pem-berton, but no children born of his marriage. In 1863, *670and while the plaintiff herein, whose natural name is Griffith, was in the custody of his mother, Kate A. Griffith, under a decree of the…