Mathis v. Quick

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

The appellee, Hubert Lamar Quick, filed a suit in the Chancery Court of Covington County, Mississippi, against the appellant, Mary S. Mathis, in which he sought a partition of seventy-six (76) acres of land. It was alleged that each party owned a one-half (1/2) interest in the land. He asked the court to partite this property by sale or, in the alternative, that the land be par-tited in kind.

The appellant filed her answer denying the complainant’s right to a partition of the land upon the ground that the land described in the bill had been the homestead of her…