Horton v. Boatright

Prior to 1954, the appellant, O. R. Horton, who is the son of L. D. Horton, deceased, and Mrs. L. D. Horton, and the appellee, Jewel Boatright, were husband and wife and they jointly owned 486 acres of land in Washington County, Mississippi, which they had acquired by conveyance from the said parents of O. R. Horton. Sometime prior to 1954, the said O. R. Horton and his wife separated and were divorced, and the maiden name of the wife, Jewel Boatright, was restored to her in the divorce decree.

Prior to the year 1957, the said Jewel Boatright filed a petition to have the land partited in kind.…