Evans v. Ingram

This suit was instituted by H. C. Evans and Odie Young, appellants herein, against Caroline Ingram and her four children, appellees herein, for partition of a tract of land containing 72% acres. The property sought to be partitioned was purchased by Gil Ingram, an ex-slave, from Jim Ingram. Gil Ingram had possession of said land, and cultivated, improved, and claimed the same for about 10 years before his marriage to Malley Ingram, the mother of appellants, but his deed thereto from Jim Ingram was dated about 18 months after such’ marriage. Appellants are children of Mal-ley Ingram born to…