Hamer v. David

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

I do not entirely agree with Mr. Justice Purdy in his disposition of this case, and I trust, without disparagement of his very able opinion, I may be excused for presenting my views of this very complicated case, in my own way.

The action was originally brought by W. M. Plamer against Dr. J. H. David, upon an alleged lease of certain lands of the estate of one H. P. Price, under these circumstances :

Price owned a considerable estate; his wife survived him; they had no children. He had recognized W. M. Rising, an illegitimate, as his…