Show COURT DECIDES DECIDES PLAIN CITY CASE Holds That Only Widows Widow's l Share Shall Be Divided r r Ia In deciding deciding- the casa CUi of ot James t M Skeen Mary Diary Ann Etherington Willard ird Arthur Skeen and Lafayette Skeen against Caroline Skeen Rose ROle Van Sickle Ada Williams Pearl Martin Marth Marthand and Lydia Taylor which was completed In the district court late Thursday Judge GeorgoS GeorgeS Georgo S Barker held In favor of ot the de defendants de- de defendants and against the plaintiffs The case was over tho the division oa ot of ofa a certain tract ot of land containing nearly acres In Plain City which was left by b William Skeen father ot of the plaintiffs and defend defend- defendants defendants ants with the exception of ot Caro Caro- Caroline CaroHne Caro- Caro Caroline line Skeen who was his widow Before his bis death William Skeen prepared f a a deed conveying a a certain certain certain tain tract of ot land to his sons eons A second deed conveyed another tract to his widow Caroline and ble four daughters daughter A third deed conveyed a a tract of ot land to the widow alone The deeds were retained In Wil- Wil William Wll liam Skeen's custody until his death when they were found James M III Skeen objected to the deeds being tiled flied because ho and ome of ot the children were not made beneficiaries An AD agreement was wu then 1 entered Into that the tho first deed first deed would not be recorded providing the tour daughters would deed the tho tour four four fifths firths fifths of ot the property coming to them and to their mother over to their mother In the suit Just completed the plaintiffs maintained that after the daughters had deeded the property property prop- prop erty back to their mother after atter her heri death It tt was to revert back to the estate for tor division dl among all the children children Caroline Skeen died recently recently re- re On the other hand band the daughters daugh- daugh daughters maintained that while It would belong to the mother while she was as alive It would revert back to the the daughters alone alona after arter her death and and was wu not to be divided by all the children The court held beld that this was the agreement That the tour fifths Interest deeded to the tho mother by bytho bythe bythe the tho daughters was to be returned Ito to them with her ber death and that the the mothers mother's one fifth interest was as to go into tho the estate for tor division among all aU the children 00 oo n |