Bails v. Davis

A demurrer was sustained to a bill for partition filed in the circuit court of Macon county, the bill was dismissed for want of equity and the complainants have appealed.

The complainants deraign title from Jonas Nye. He conveyed the premises by a statutory quit-claim deed “to Joseph Kretzer and Mora Kretzer, his wife, during their natural lives and after their death to the heirs of said Joseph Kretzer.” The Kretzers were afterward divorced and Mora Kretzer conveyed all interest in the premises to Joseph Kretzer, whose title by subsequent conveyances has become vested in the complainants.…