Walton v. Pritt

Lively, Judge :

The decree complained of in this appeal extracts from defendant, appellant here, the title to 26 acres and 20 poles of land in favor of Edna Sparks, devisee of J. PI. Walton, deceased, the original plaintiff; gives credit to defendant for certain improvements placed upon- the land in controversy; decrees against him the costs of the litigation.

The original plaintiff, J. H. Walton, who died pending the litigation, resided in Greenbrier county, and defendant, W. C. Pritt, married his eldest daughter, Switzerland, and resided on the farm of his father-in-law. The land in…