McCullough v. Davis

Action by Neal C. McCullough and three others, .constituting the firm of Neal C. McCullough & Co., against Ann Davis and William P. Davis, to recover the possession of twenty acres of land in Madison county.

The defendants answered: First. In general denial. Secondly. That in June, 1859, one Oscar F. Eads died seized of the lands described in the complaint, and other lands in Mad*293ison county, leaving the defendant, Ann Davis, as his widow, and also children of the marriage, who still survive him, as his heirs at law; that afterwards the said Ann intermarried with her co-defendant, William P.…