The court move followed a dispute among the French author's heirs.

Like all his brothers, he had no children, and the estate was divided up among female heirs.

The more vivid dramas will play out among individual heirs and their families.

These large grants were divided among heirs and new settlers.

Under this law, land was divided equally among sons or other heirs.

The land was subsequently divided among heirs and sold over the generations.

In total the four remaining paintings sold for $192.7 million and the proceeds were divided up among several heirs.

I do not compare and choose among my heirs.

Land had been divided among heirs for so many generations that farms were too small to be viable.

Gilman never had children and died in 1901 without a will, starting a legal battle among his numerous heirs.