Matlock v. Matlock

Nancy Matlock, the widow of William L. Matlock, filed her petition-for dower in the Court of Common Pleas of Hendricks county, making the heirs at law of said William parties. The petition particularly describes the land, and avers that said William departed this life, on the 28th day of December, 1851, seized in fee simple of the same. At the January term, 1854, the heirs, being infants, appeared by their guardians, and answered the petition, and Jesse T. Matlock, the administrator and late partner of said William, appeared in Court, and asked to be made defendant to the petition. He was…