Cessna v. Hulce

This is a partition suit in which the controversy is about the title to one undivided fourth of the land. The appellee is the undisputed owner of one-half through a deed made by a master in chancery on February 27, 1917, upon the foreclosure of a mortgage on that portion of the land, and the appellant of one-fourth, and each claims title to the other fourth. The appellee’s title to the one-fourth in dispute is derived through a deed of all the land by the former owner, Elizabeth O’Ferrall, to Robert L. O’Ferrall and Nellie O’Ferrall Hulce, dated March 9, 1920, recorded March 10, 1920, and a…