Williams v. Wethered

This suit was instituted in the fall of 1865. Wethered sued Fondren and Page, to recover back two tracts of land, the one containing two hundred and the other six hundred acres. The lands were contiguous. The two hundred acre tract had been occupied as a homestead, and a portion of the six hundred acre tract was, perhaps, included. This tract belonged to F. M. Wethered, in his own right. The two hundred acres were community land. Frances E. Wethered, the wife, joined her husband in the deed to this tract. The deed was made in compliance with the statute. The six hundred acres were the…