Adkins v. Adkins

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

The appellant, Orange Adkins, is one of seven heirs of Henry Elza Adkins, who died intestate, a resident of Pike county in 1895, according to the allegations of the petition, but according to the testimony he died in April, 1894. At the time of his death he owned a tract of land in that county containing about 65 acres.

On December 31, 1912, plaintiff executed to his lirother, Whetsel Adkins and wife, Angie Adkins, a deed toa one-seventh undivided interest in that tract which he inherited upon the death of his father. Afterward the mineral rights in…