Drewery v. Nelms

This suit is in the nature of ejectment filed by C. P. Drewery and N. P. Rich against D. S. Nelms, and is to recover 160 acres of land in Hardeman county and to enjoin a suit brought by defendant in the county court of Hardeman county for sale for partition of the land. The land was originally owned by Margaret Jones by purchase at a public sale in 1855 at the price of $100. Margaret Jones died in 18801. Prior to her death her son, J. B. Jones, lived on the land by her permission, and continued to reside upon the land for a number of years prior to his death which was in 1906.

The said…