Allen v. Gillette
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT ‘COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. In equity. Decree dismissing the bij.1. Complainant appealed. The case is stated in the bill.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
This is a suit in equity in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas. The bill sets forth that complainant, Fannie B. Allen, a citizen of Kentucky, is the granddaughter of James Morgan, who died in 1866 seized and possessed of an estate of 70,000 acres of land, and a homestead in Galveston, with some personal property. The land was unproductive and scattered throughout the State, The deceased devised his property to seven grandchildren, of whom complainant was the oldest, and who in 1866 married at the age of seventeen years.-
By the terms of the will Henry F.…
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