Daugherty v. Miller

A.W. Daugherty died intestate in 1924, survived by one child, W. Frank Daugherty, by his first wife, and five children, Allen Daugherty, Edgar Daugherty, Ida Lee Daugherty Miller, Fannie Mae Daugherty Dunam, and Ader Lue Daugherty Patrick, by his second wife. At the time of his death, he owned 44 1/2 acres of land, specifically 44 1/2 acres on which was situated a house, and a separate 40-acre parcel of land in Washington County that is the subject of this appeal.

On July 29, 1933, the five children by his second wife met to divide the property among themselves.1 Fannie Mae Dunam received the…