Harlan v. Douthit

A decree of the circuit court of Jefferson county ordered partition of a parcel of real estate consisting of 40 acres between the plaintiff, L. M. Harlan, and one of the defendants, E. C. Douthit. From this decree, Douthit and his wife, Thula Douthit, and a third defendant, the Carter Oil Company, prosecute an appeal, a freehold being involved.

William Snow, a resident of Jefferson county, died intestate on December 16, 1884. He left surviving as his only heirs-at-law, his widow, a son, Charles, a daughter, Nancy Snow Benson, and eight other children. The ten children inherited the tract of 40…