Stout v. Rayl

The errors assigned on this appeal call in question the conclusions of law stated on the special finding of facts by the circuit court, and the action of that court in overruling the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The substance of the special finding is as follows:

1st. That Robert Stout died intestate on June 18, 1895, leaving surviving him as his only heirs at law the defendant, Jemima Stout, his widow, Lucius Stout, Mary Ann Allen and Andrew P. Stout, his children.

2d. That on the 22d day of October, 1881, Robert Stout, by warranty deed, his wife, Jemima, joining therein, conveyed to…