Thompson v. Thompson

Plaintiff in error, T. B. Thompson, sued out a distress warrant, as guardian, against Robert Thompson for the rent of an undivided two-thirds interest in a certain farm. The rent note contained the following language: “all of the lands known as J. S. Thompson place containing 204 acres, more or less, less a 1/3 undivided interest.” Upon the levy of the distress warrant the defendant in error, Sam Thompson, filed his claim to the crops levied upon, contending- that they were raised by him upon a segregated portion of the premises, amounting to 68 acres, which represented an interest equivalent…