Peebles v. Morris

Hall, Justice.

William J. Peebles and Henderson cropped jointly in the year 1885. They were to share equally in the products of the farm. In October, 1885, Peebles died, leaving a will in.which his wife was appointed his executrix. Shortly after his death, and before probate of the will, Mrs. Peebles, the executrix, in her own name, sued out a possessory warrant against Morris, to whom Henderson had sold a part of the joint crop. On the trial of the case, the magistrate awarded the possession of the property to Mrs. Peebles, and to this judgment Morris prosecuted a writ of certiorari. On the…