Pate v. French

This is a suit for partition of 24j^ acres of land between the heirs and devisees of John I. French, de*11ceased, and the appellant is made a party defendant; and it is alleged in the complaint that the appellant is setting up some title adverse to the alleged owners of the land.

The appellant filed a cross-complaint, in two paragraphs; a demurrer was filed, and sustained, to the first paragraph of ■ the cross-complaint, and this ruling is the first error alleged and discussed. By this paragraph it is alleged, and pleaded, that John I. French, in his lifetime, owned a farm of two hundred and…