Matlock v. Lock
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Rush Circuit Court; Douglas Morris, Judge. Suit by Mellie Lock and others against Martha E. Mat-lock and others. Erom a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWiley, J.
Suit by appellees against appellants for the construction of a will and to quiet title to real estate. The complaint was originally in three paragraphs, to the first of which a demurrer was overruled. An answer was filed in denial, and subsequently appellees dismissed their third paragraph of complaint, which asked for a partition of the real estate.
Trial by the court, and upon proper request a special finding of facts was made and conclusions of law stated thereon. The substance of the conclusions of law is that, under the will in controversy, the appellee Ilellie Lock took a fee-simple…
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