Oxford v. Estes

BOULDIN, Justice.

James M. Allen died intestate March 1, 1925. He was never married. His heirs are his living sisters, and the descendants of deceased brothers and sisters.

Some of these heirs filed a bill to remove the administration of the estate into the equity court and to sell the real estate for division.

On May 29, 1926, some of the respondents filed a cross-bill, denying that certain parcels of the land were owned by decedent at the time of his death, and setting up title in themselves as heirs and devisees of David G. Allen, a deceased brother of J. M. Allen.

The case, therefore,…