Thigpen v. Russell

REESE, Associate Justice.

In this case appellants, heirs at law of John Thigpen, deceased, seek to have partitioned between themselves a tract of 200 acres of land, the homestead of said John Thigpen during his lifetime and at the time of his death. The defendants are Mrs. 8. A. Russell, the widow of said Thigpen, and A. 8. Russell, her husband. After the death of Thigpen, as the result of partition proceedings between his heirs and his widow, the 200 acres in controversy, which was the separate property of John Thigpen, was set apart-to his widow as her homestead so long as she should elect…