Hewitt v. Ballard

Upon the reversal by the county court of the judgment of the justice’s court, the county judge prepared an opinion, in which he stated, viz,.:

“The evidence shows to my satisfaction that, at the time the levy was made, the husband was the owner of the corn. He then, held the legal title to the land, and the corn had been produced by his labor; and, while there is some evidence of a previous verbal agreement that she should have the land, there is no proof of any such performance upon her part of the verbal agreement as would operate to vest her with an equitable title to the property. It is…