James v. Holdam

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson — ■

Reversing.

J. W. James died intestate on February 25,1906, without issue, and this suit was brought against his widow, Margaret B. James by his sisters and the children of a. deceased brother, as his heirs at law, who alleged in their petition that on June 28, 1901, Catherine McAllister sold and conveyed to J. W. James a tract of land in Lincoln county, and that after she had delivered the deed to him, some person without right or authority fraudulently erased the name of J. W. James from the deed and substituted therefor the name of M. B. James;…