Boyd v. Boyd

This was a proceeding" in partition, begun October 5, 1889, by certain heirs of James Boyd, who died intestate in June, 1863, the owner of certain lands, leaving a widow but no children. He left surviving him a father, John Boyd, two brothers, Robert and William Boyd, one sister, Sally A. Crook, and the children of a deceased brother, John Boyd, who died in the army, intestate, April 2,1862, among which children was appellant, then seven years old, and the other minor children, for which minors Robert Boyd was appointed guardian about the year 1869, in the State of Indiana, where he and they…