Preston v. Preston

An appeal is taken from the following decree, which sufficiently sets forth facts for a proper understanding of the case here presented to us:

“This cause having come on to be heard upon the pleadings and proofs taken therein, the proofs having been taken in open court as in a suit at law, and having been argued by counsel for the respective parties, and the court having had the same under advisement and having duly considered the same, doth find:

“1st. That Nettie Preston, the complainant, is the daughter of Shinar Preston and Eugenia Preston, now deceased, and that for a great many years the…