Kedey v. Petty

The special finding discloses that appellant was intermarried with Matthew T. Kedey in 1862, and is still his wife. She had no property at the time of her marriage, except one heifer, two shoats, and one dozen chickens, and has since acquired none by gift, devise, or descent, except one cow, given her by her husband to replace the heifer, which died a few months after the marriage. At the time of the marriage, Matthew T. Kedey had about eighty-six acres of land in Clinton county, upon which they settled, and have continuously resided, raising a family of three children. At no time has…