Reece v. Renfro

Willie, Chief Justice.

Renfro brought this action of trespass to try title to recover of D. W. and Jane Reece one hundred and fifty acres of land, and at the same time sued out a writ of sequestration. The defendants claimed the property as their homestead, and having alleged that the laild in suit was part of a three hundred and twenty acre tract in which the other appellees claimed an interest, had them made parties defendant and prayed for a partition. The following are substantially the facts of the case.

The land in controversy was patented September 23, 1870, to William Reece, assignee of…