Semrad v. Semrad

This is an action by William Semrad and Erma Semrad, plaintiffs and appellees, against Harry E. Stevens, one of the defendants and the appellant herein, and others for the partition of 160 acres of land in Saunders County, Nebraska.

The question of the right to partition is not in issue. The only question for determination is that of apportionment of interests on partition. The apportionment depends upon the meaning of a provision contained in a certain deed executed and delivered by one Josef Janecek and Marie Janecek, his wife, on August 17, 1892. The facts are not in dispute.

By the deed the…