Elam v. Carter

KEY, Associate Justice.

Eugene Elam brought an action of trespass to try title against S. D. Carter and his wife Delia J. Carter, and sued out a writ of sequestration, which the sheriff executed by dispossessing Mrs. Carter and her minor children.

Mrs. Carter filed a separate answer, alleging that she and her husband were separated, that their interests were antagonistic and he refused to join her in maintaining her rights. She also alleged that the tract of land sued for had been acquired by her husband from his father, J. A. Carter, and that she and her husband had established their home upon…