Ellis v. Newell

T. J. Newell died intestate, August 19, 1900, seised of five hundred and eighty-eight acres of land in Wapello county, Iowa. He left surviving a widow, Margaret Newell, who is defendant -in this case, ten children, nine of whom were daughters, seven of these being plaintiffs in the case and two defendants, and one son, Samuel, who is appellant. The action was brought to partition the lands belonging to the deceased at the time of his death. The widow’s distributive share seems to have been determined in probate before this action was tried; but an appeal was taken by plaintiffs from the order…