Pfeifer v. Smith

Appellant, Pfeifer, filed bis bill in the Chancery Court of Lincoln county against appellees, who were legatees under the last will and testament of Bartlett Smith, deceased, in which he seeks to subject lands devised to defendants to the payment of a debt to him contracted with him by the executor of Smith’s will after the death of the testator. The will was made an exhibit to the bill. It appears from the will that the testator devised all his property, real and personal, to his children, defendants, giving them the title on his death. It further provided that the property. devised should…