Burchett v. James

MO REMEN, Justice.

Appellant, Dixie 'Clark Burchett, sought, in the Pike Circuit Court, to 'be adjudged owner of one-half undivided interest in certain land. After issue was joined and the cause was heard by the chancellor, the petition was dismissed. From that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Calvin Clark died, intestate, in the year 1900. He was survived by his widow, Mary Ann 'Clark, and three children: The appellant, Dixie Clark Burchett; Stonewall Clark; and Hiram G. Clark, who died unmarried and without issue at the age of eighteen years.

Calvin Clark died possessed of tracts of land in…