Newsome v. . Harrell

This is an action to recover owelty of partition, $350, and that the judgment be declared a lien on the land owned by the defendant.

On 17 December, 1902, the tenants in common divided the land by a voluntary partition into five shares, subject to the life estate of their father, and executed a division deed. The plaintiff drew lot No. 2 and his brother Valter E. Newsome drew lot No. 1, which was to pay lot No. 2 $350 owelty. Valter Newsome died and devised the lot No. 1 to his wife, the feme defendant. The life tenant died 1 December, 1907. The defendant pleads the statute of limitations,…