Noble v. Tipton

On May 22, 1904, John Noble, of Carroll county, died, leaving three sons, Thomas Noble, the appellant, John Noble and Robert Noble, and six daughters, Elizabeth Tipton, Ada Ostandere, Isabel Summerville, Anna Herrington, Maggie Ficlces and Lydia McPeak, his heirs-at-law. He owned at the time of his death about 400 acres of land and personal property amounting to over $18,000, in addition to the lands known as his home farm, containing 503.56 acres, which are the subject of this controversy. He left a will, by which he disposed of all his estate, real and personal, except the home farm, and…