Mills v. Alexander

This suit was instituted by appellant, Emma Mills, second wife and widow of Will Mills, deceased, to enjoin appellee, Hattie Alexander, daughter of Will Mills, from interfering with the possession of appellant as to an eighty-acre tract owned by Will Mills in his lifetime, and to recover rents from appellee for the wrongful use of said land during the years 1941 and 1942. Appellant based her right of occupancy on the ground that this land was the homestead of her husband. Appellee denied that the land was the homestead of Mills at the time of his death and claimed title thereto as heir of…