Northcutt v. Buckles

This was an action by the appellants, as plaintiffs, against the appellees, as defendants, in the court below, for the partition of certain real estate in Wells county, Indiana.

The complaint was in the usual form in such cases, and it was alleged therein, in substance, that one James Buckles had died, intestate, seized of said real estate in fee-simple, leaving the appellee Sarah E. Buckles, his widow, and the appellees Julia A. Beaver, Lewis D. Buckles and Simeon Buckles, and the appellant Sarah E. Northcutt, his children, as his only heirs at law; that said Lewis D. Buckles, and Julia A.…