Phillips v. Murphy & Gary

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Affirming.

It appears from the averments of the petition in this case that Sarah E. Lile and Mary J. Lile, elderly unmarried sisters, each owned a parcel of land in Muhlenberg county, that of the former containing 72 acres, that of the latter 58 acres, which they obtained by devise or inheritance through the death of Mark Lile, a bachelor brother. The tracts, adjoined and as the 58 acre tract of Mary J. Lile contained no buildings and the 72 acre tract of Sarah E. Lile the dwelling house and other buildings which had been occupied by the former owner of…