Epps v. Heard

Julia Epps, Sarah Gibson, and others, alleging that they were children of Profit Heard, and descendants of children who were named in a certain deed of conveyance from Profit Heard to his wife and children, brought a petition against Profit Heard for a partition of the land alleged to have been conveyed, and for other relief. The defendant filed his plea and answer *562denying that the plaintiffs had any interest in the land, denying that he executed a deed conveying the property to them, but admitting there was an alleged deed which had been placed oi record in Troup County, but averring that he…