Cates v. Duncan

Atkinson, Justice.

E. F. Duncan as administrator of the estate of Stephen Billue, deceased, instituted statutory proceedings against E. A. Cates, W. 0. Cates, Mrs. Buna Etheridge, and others, for partition of certain realty. The defendants appeared and made an answer in which it was denied that the plaintiff’s intestate had an interest in the land. Upon a hearing of the case the plaintiff introduced a deed on which he relied; and the case was submitted to the judge for a decision upon that deed and an agreed statement of facts. The bill of exceptions states that upon consideration of the case…