Williams v. Overcast

THOMAS, Justice.

The bill sought a sale of lands for division among the alleged joint owners. It was amended and there was a final decree on the pleadings and proof.

The question óf a joint tenancy, and the extent thereof, depends upon the validity of the decree of the probate court setting aside the homestead to the widow and minor child of W. B. Overcast, deceased.

The petition was duly verified by the widow to the probate court of the county in which decedent lived at the time of his death in 1914, leaving a homestead consisting of 160 acres and of less than $2,000 in value, which constituted…