McNutt v. Dix

The plaintiff, as the daughter and one of the heirs at law of Margaret Hastings, deceased, owned an undivided one-fifth interest in 80 acres of land in Berrien county, in this State. She resided at Frederick-town, Ohio. Her brothers and sisters resided in this State. One of her brothers, John. Hastings, was proposing to buy the claims of the others interested in the estate, and, with that purpose in view, had bought one share, being one-fifth, for $300, and had contracted for and subsequently concluded a purchase of another share at $450. He had also written to the plaintiff in regard to…