Struble v. Meredith

This is an action for partition of certain real estate of which one M. L. Struble died testate. By the terms of M. L. Struble’s will the plaintiff in error, L. Bert Struble, who was the plaintiff below, was devised a one-fifth interest therein. The petition avers that the Merediths claim an interest in the property by virtue of a purchase from the administrator de bonis non of the estate of M. L. Struble.

The Merediths answer to this pleading, and therein deny that the plaintiff has an interest in the premises. They aver that they are the fee simple owners thereof by purchase at public auction…