Cress v. Conley

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Nunn

Reversing.

In 1861 David Conley patented 200 acres of land, and in tbe same year be conveyed It in a b’ody to bis seven children, naming them, jointly. It appears that after this conveyance was executed and recorded, he divided the land into seven parts and assigned a part to each of his children. There was no written evidence of this division, but most of tbe children took possession of their respective parts, and some of them still reside upon their parts. It appears that appellee purchased from Polly Conley, now the widow of Hicks, her part, which she had…