Maxwell v. Morgan & Guyton

Hemphill, Ch. J.

This suit is by two daughters (joined by their husbands) of Amelia Stephenson, deceased, wife of James Stephenson, their father, to recover land claimed by them in the community right of their mother, and which after her death was sold by their father, who had also departed this life before the commencement of suit. There is some conflict of evidence, a *203variety of details, and an accumulation of conveyances, which tend to perplexity and confusion. But the main facts are, that the land sued for was purchased by Stephenson in 1835, during the life of his wife Amelia, by…