Casper v. Helvie

Action by appellant against appellees for partition of certain real estate, which appellant contends is owned by him and appellee j Effie B. Helvie, as tenants in common. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, appellant appeals.

The complaint alleges that George A. Helvie, who died in 1894, by his will executed in 1893 and probated in March, 1894, directed his administrator “to take and pay out $1,000 for real estate” for his son George F. Helvie, and to “take the deed in his name and his wife’s name jointly his natural lifetime and in the event of his death leaving children…