Smallwood v. Lawson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Affirming.

Appellant Jesse Smallwood is a colored man about 70 years of age. He has four children, one a son thirty odd years of age, by a former marriage, and three infant children by his last marriage.

In the fall of 1913 a nephew of appellant died, and as an heir-at-law of said nephew he was entitled to an interest in his estate, of an approximate value of $6,000.00.

Appellant lived on the farm of the appellee, Lawson, near Lancaster, for twenty odd years, and appears to have been a faithful and trusted employee, and both employer and employee seem to have had…