Union Joint Stock Land Bank v. Byers

McVICAR, District Judge.

Robert S. Byers died intestate, June 26, 1914, seized of a tract of land situate in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His heirs were his widow and twelve children, in whom said tract vested under the Intestate Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1918, the heirs, including the widow, sold and conveyed their interest by deed, in the aforesaid tract of land, to one of the heirs, Thomas Benjamin Byers, for a consideration of $7,000, subject to a dower charge of $2,333.34, the interest to be paid annually to the widow during her natural…