Flournoy v. Flournoy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mare, J.

Dr. Alfred Flournoy, residing in the State of Tennessee, married Martha Moore, who died, leaving six children, of whom three, Alonzo, James, and Alfred are living, and William, Rachel, and Martha are dead. William and Rachel left a number of children, some of them minors; and Martha, who married Cain, left one child that survived her but a few months.

In 1836 Dr. Flournoy contracted a second marriage with Maria, widow of Yerger, who had one child, John C. Yerger, who is still living.

At the time of the marriage Dr. Flournoy owned frpm thirty to…