Ferriman v. Gillespie

Appellant filed his bill to the September term, 1910, of the circuit court of Crawford county, alleging the former ownership by Sanford C. Bowman of fifty acres of land in said county; that on May 17, 1905, said Bowman and his wife occupied the same as a homestead, the land then being worth less than $1000; that on said date Bowman leased said land to one Pierce for five years, or longer if gas or oil was found in paying quantities; that said lease was assigned by Pierce to E. N. Gillespie; that said lease did not contain any waiver of homestead rights by Bowman and was not signed nor…