Naylor v. Shelton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Perry Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellants brought this suit in the Perry Chancery Court on January 22, 1908, for partition of certain lands, which are described in the complaint, alleging that the parties were the joint owners and entitled to partition. Appellee answered, denying the joint ownership and joint possession of the lands, and alleging that she was the sole owner.
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Appeal from Perry Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellants brought this suit in the Perry Chancery Court on January 22, 1908, for partition of certain lands, which are described in the complaint, alleging that the parties were the joint owners and entitled to partition. Appellee answered, denying the joint ownership and joint possession of the lands, and alleging that she was the sole owner. She made her answer a cross complaint, and set up in the cross complaint that she was the owner by reason of a will from her father, H. L. Trundle. She set up…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). 1. In 1892 the appellee was married to W. R. Shelton. She was the youngest daughter of H. L. Trundle, and was living with her father on what is known as the old home place, keeping house for him, her mother being dead. She and her husband continued to reside on the old home place with her father for three years. After this she and her husband moved to Houston, Perry County, where they lived nearly three years. After this they moved to Perryville, where they continued to reside for six years. After this they moved to Houston, where appellee’s home was at the…
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