Rowe v. Horton

Willie, Chief Justice.

The original petition in this cause alleged that the appellant and T. M. Horton, on the 8th of February, 1871, partitioned between themselves a league of land, and agreed that in the partition Horton should receive 400 acres, and the appellant the remainder. The metes and bounds of the 400 acres are set forth in the petition, and according to its allegations really embrace an area of 676 acres. As a means of carrying out the partition, Horton executed to appellant a deed of reUnguishment of all the balance of the land, except the tract described by the said metes and…