Spurlock v. Burnett

This is a proceeding in which the plaintiff Spurlock, as executor of Mary A. H. Burnett, deceased, sues to quiet title to certain land described in the petition, and to invoke the aid of the court in the administration of her estate.

The facts are but few, and as to them there is no •controversy. They are briefly stated by plaintiff as follows:

Mary A. H. Burnett died January 23,1899, leaving, in real and personal property, about $10,000. She had been married to defendant, Eodney Burnett, about twenty-two years, but had been separated, though not •divorced, from him for ten years before her…