Ames v. Cheyne

Plaintiff filed a bill against defendant and appellant for partition of real estate. Prom a decree granting the prayer of plaintiff, defendant appeals.

Josephine S. Ames was the owner in her lifetime of the fee in the lands and premises* in question and died intestate November 29, 1934, leaving as her heirs the plaintiff, one half-sister, Ida A. Past, and nine nephews and nieces. During her lifetime, on November 22, 1934, about a week before her death, Josephine S. Ames executed to plaintiff a life lease of the premises. Daniel P. Pagelson was appointed administrator of her estate, accepted-…