Heirs of Reddin v. Smith

Robertson, Associate Justice.

In 1859 W. M. Love made a parol sale of the land in controversy to Jno. E. Smith, the first husband of Harriet Smith, and father of the other appellees. Smith paid upon the purchase a yoke of oxen, entered upon the land and made valuable improvements, and in 1863, paid upon the land the additional sum of one hundred dollars. Smith entered the Confederate service in 1862, and, before leaving, removed his family to Cherokee county. He died in the army, and after his death, his brother, D. B. Smith, as agent for his widow and children, kept the place rented until…