Watts v. Miller

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This was a suit brought by appellee against appellant, as guardian of Dick Watts, a minor, to recover a house *15and lot in the town of Livingston. A. B. Watts, the father of Dick Watts, is the common source of title. In October, 1881, A. B. Watts purchased the lot in controversy for the sum of $50. He paid $25 at the time of the contract, but received no deed. He bought lumber and erected a house, and in December, 1881, he married and immediately occupied the premises as the homestead of himself and wife. After his marriage the house was finished and other improvements…