Horlacher v. Brafford

This was a suit brought by the appellee for partition of real estate.

The controlling question is whether the appellee is, as he claims to be, the owner of the undivided one-half of said real estate.

*529The facts in relation to such claim of ownership, as found by the court, are substantially as follows:

James M. Brafford, the father of appellee, died intestate December 15, 1862, the owner in fee simple of the land in controversy, and leaving as his only heirs at law his widow, Isabella Brafford, and their only child, the appellee.

On April 3, 1863, Isabella intermarried with one Daniel L. Starkey,…