Patton v. Patton

J. W. Patton, eighty-eight years of age, died seized and possessed of considerable real estate. Included in his holdings was a three-fifths undivided interest in a tract of land in Wythe County called the McLauren Farm, containing about 313 acres, purchased jointly by himself and Elizabeth O. Patton, his wife, in 1920. On that farm was a dwelling' house which was maintained as a home by the owners during their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Patton were the parents of eight children who survive both of them. One child, Sarah J. Patton, unmarried, lived in the home of her parents until they died, and…