Ray v. Thomas

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Barker

Reversing.

*571Many years ago, J. H. Thomas took three orphan children to raise, he being their nncle by marriage. Their names are as follows: D. T. Crockett, William Crockett and their sister, A. C. Crockett, how A. C. Ray. On October 18th, 1880, D. T. Crockett bought from W. B. Pryor and wife fifty-nine and one-third acres of land, upon which he and his brother opened a farm and built houses, and their adopted father, J. II. Thomas, and his wife moved upon this land, and with their adopted children lived together as one family. Afterwards, D. T.…