Richardson v. . Richardson

This action was brought to recover the value of five bales of cotton which have been sold, the parties agreeing that the proceeds shall be held to await the determination of this case. (550) Judgment was entered for the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed.

The facts are that the plaintiff and Charlotte Leak were married in 1867, she being then seized of land in Anson County, known as the Brown Creek tract and containing 878 acres, which is described by its metes and bounds in the record. They had five children, the oldest of them having been born in November, 1868. In December, 1905, the…