Mounts v. Mounts

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

This action was brought by the appellants to recover certain interests in five tracts of land located on the waters of Poplar Creek, a tributary of the Tug Pork of the Big Sandy River, in Pike County. Prior to 1869 two of these tracts belonged to Michael Mounts, and three of them to his wife, Matilda Mounts. Michael died in 1879; and Matilda died in 1883. They left twelve children surviving them.

In 1869, Michael and Matilda Mounts divided a large portion of their lands among their children. To Jackson Mounts, a son, who is the appellee herein, they…