Richards v. Hartley

The appellees, Jestina, Leroy, and Dalton Hartley, by next friend, J. W. Hartley, sued appellants, Maggie Baker and her husband, John Baker, Mrs. Willie Downs, W. H. Richards, and G. T. Davis, to compel, among other things, a partition of certain lands in Freestone county, alleged to be owned jointly by appellees and appellants. Mrs. Willie Downs adopted the pleading of appel-lees. The appellants Richards and Davis, in substance, answered that they purchased the land sought to be partitioned for a valuable consideration from Mrs. M. L. Dare, grandmother of appellees and mother of Mrs. Baker…