Masters v. Newcomb

Mr. Presiding Justice Niehaus

delivered the opinion of the court.

The questions involved in this appeal arise from a decree of the circuit court of Morgan county, rendered in a partition proceeding commenced by the appellee, Arthur M. Masters, in which the appellant, Millard P. Dunlap, was made a party defendant. The record discloses the following facts: That William R. T. Masters, who died on January 29, 1920, under the terms of the last will of his deceased grandfather, James M. Masters, had a life estate in the premises described in the bill for partition; and that he demised and leased his…