Shelby v. Shelby

In the year 1899, appellant and his two brothers, W. J. and George A. Shelby, acquired a tract of land in, or adjacent to, the town of Wabbaseka, containing approximately 3.71 acres, and including the strip of land in controversy, containing about 1.25 acres, or the north 1/3 of the tract. In about 1901, they built a house on the south part of the tract for appellant, and some two or three years later they built a house on the north end of the tract, behind which, and on the land in controversy, a bam was built. In 1909 they decided to divide the land, and W. J. and George A. deeded to…