Shinault v. Shinault

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, in an action of replevin instituted by the appellant in the circuit court of Lafayette county, seeking to recover from the defendant the possession of certain household goods.

The record discloses that the appellant is the father of the appellee, and is now very old. Some time prior to 1920 the appellee acquired title to the residence which for a long* time had been the family home. The appellant and his wife, however, continued to reside in this home with the family of his soil, the appellee, until November, 1920, when, on account…