Acrey v. Castleberry
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Nacogdoches County; L. D. Guinn, Judge. Suit in partition by B. C. Castleberry and others against Horace Acrey and others, in which Lige Acrey intervened. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This was a suit in partition. During the lifetime of his wife, Mary, Lige Acrey and his family, 'negroes, had their homestead on four acres of land, her separate property. She left surviving her Lige and five children. Lige soon married again and made his home with his wife on property owned by her in the town of Nacogdoches. His former homestead was in the country. Appellee bought the interest of two of Lige’s children in the homestead, and then filed suit against the others for partition. Lige intervened, claiming a homestead interest in the land. The case was tried to the court without a…
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