Farmer v. Hampton

Opinion op the Court by

"William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

— Reversing.

W. H. Hampton was twice married. By his first wife he had three children, J. W. Hampton, Eliza S. Potter and Missouri Miles. Some time after the death of his first wife he married Charity Williams. By her he had eight children. Six of these children and one grandchild survived him. At the time of his death, in the year 1903, W. H. Hampton owned four tracts of land. He resided on a, tract containing about fifty-six acres, and owned two adjoining tracts, one of eleven acres and one of six acres. He also owned a tract of…