Wiley v. Ewalt

This bill was to set aside a deed of trust executed by John Ewalt, in his lifetime, to David B,. Gregory, as trustee for four of his daughters, viz; Mary, Susan, Lucy and Harriet, and for partition of lands described in the deed among his heirs, which was all the real estate he owned at the time of his death.

The land conveyed for the use of his four daughters named, as well as a tract intended for his son William, was ratably charged with a payment of §500 to his daughter Martha, and with the payment of the annual sum of §100 to his widow during her natural life, should she survive him.

The…