Norsworthy v. Hicks

Appellant instituted this action in the chancery court of Union County to establish and quiet his title to a lot containing one acre in the city of El Dorado. The action was instituted against John Bradley, appellant’s stepson, but, after Bradley filed a disclaimer, appellee Hicks was made defendant as Bradley’s grantee.

Appellant is a colored man, and, prior to the year 1898, he intermarried with a woman named Mandy, who was the mother of John Bradley by a former marriage. The'lot in controversy was purchased from B. B. Bras-well, and a conveyance was made by Braswell to appellant’s wife,…