Gruwell v. Seybolt

Paterson; J.

Judgment was entered in favor of defendants on demurrer to the complaint, and plaintiffs have appealed therefrom.

The complaint alleges that plaintiffs are the heirs at law of Robert Gruwell, who died intestate on July 17, 1881, leaving surviving him, besides these plaintiffs, a widow, Eliza V. Gruwell; that after the death of Robert, his widow, Eliza V., in a petition praying for letters of administration, falsely alleged that the land in controversy was community property, and that the appraisers falsely returned it in their inventory as community property; that in 1871 said…