O'Rourke v. Skellenger

This is an appeal by the defendant from the judgment. The object of the action is to declare and enforce an alleged trust in certain parcels of land of which the decedent Owen McCabe, died seized. By his will he devised the land to his wife, Ellen McCabe, for her natural life, with remainder to his children, Nellie McCabe Rosenberger, Margaret C. Skellenger, and Eugene McCabe. Ellen died on March 2, 1907. Eugene, on October 30, 1905, conveyed his interest in the land to the plaintiff, O’Rourke. Margaret C. Skellenger was the wife of the defendant. She died on November 3, 1909.

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