Lofton v. Moore

In his complaint in this case, the appellee, Moore, by William Knowles, his next friend, alleged in substance, that he, William H. Moore, was the grandson of one Simeon Lofton, who died testate in April, 1877, in Washington county, Indiana; that he, the said Simeon Lofton, died the owner and seized in fee simple of certain real estate in said county, particularly described; that the said Simeon Lofton, by his last will, which was duly probated on the 28th *114day of April, 1877, in the clerk’s office of said county, devised his said real estate to his wife, Matilda Lofton, for and during her…