Carpenter v. Carpenter

In 1859, Benjamin Carpenter died seised of two village lots in Lansing, being lots 10 and 12 in Seymour’s subdivision. They descended in equal shares to his five children, subject to the rights of his widow, Maria Carpenter. The widow maintained possession of the premises until her death, in 1885, under an oral arrangement that she should be permitted to do so, consented to by all of the children soon after Benjamin Carpenter’s death, and subsequently acquiesced in, not only by them, but by the grantees who claimed title under the *219oldest daughter, Miriam; under which arrangement the widow…