Carter v. Brewton

PATTERSON, Chief Justice:

This is an interlocutory appeal originating from the Chancery Court of Forrest County, wherein Genetta Cameron Carter sought partition of “118 acres, more or less” and joined as defendants all co-tenants, being the heirs-at-law of one Jennie Ryan, Carter’s grandmother. The appellees, Ever Lee Brewton and Frances Brewton, widows of two deceased co-tenants, reside on portions of the property sought to be partitioned. The widows assert as an affirmative defense that the property upon which they maintain homes is exempt from partition pursuant to Mississippi Code…