Apperson & Co. v. Burgett

EakiN, J.:

At the June Term, 1873, of the Crittenden County Circuit Court, Apperson & Co. sued the administrators of J. W. Burgett in an action at law to recover a half interest in a body of lands in their possession, which for convenience we will designate as the Home Place.

They answered that they were in possession only as administrators, and denied the title and right of possession of plaintiffs. They also prayed that Pearl Burgett, the infant daughter and sole heir of J. W. Burgett, might be made a party, and with her filed a cross-bill against plaintiffs and John C. Burgett. The object of…