Clement v. Blythe

George Rose Smith,’ J.

This is a controversy between W. R. Blythe’s three daughters and his one son with reference to the division of the 310 acres that Blythe owned at his death intestate in 1932. Blythe’s widow died in 1948, and after her death this partition suit was brought. The only disputed issue is whether an additional 75 acres, which Blythe conveyed to his son, the appellee, in 1930, should be treated as an advancement and considered as part of the estate in the partition. The chancellor, holding that the 1930 conveyance was not an advancement, awarded the appellee a one-fourth…