Prescott v. Ellis

Nanie Ellis, C. W. Brinson, Taylor B. Wren, W. J. Wren, and Mrs. Beba Huckabee brought suit against Mrs. Fannie Prescott, alleging that they with Mrs. Fannie Prescott are sole heirs at law of Lena Ellis, Sarah Ellis, and Mattie Ellis, three sisters; that the three persons last named during their lifetime were joint owners of 150.25 acres of land described in the petition, and that Lena Ellis died first, Sarah Ellis died second, and Mattie Ellis died last. The prayer was that partition of said land be-ordered by the court. Answer was duly filed by Mrs. Prescott, in which she alleged that the…