Gillis v. Gillis

This suit was brought in the chancery court, Chickasawba District, by appellant in her own right and as next friend for her minor son, Alvin Grillis, against appellees for the assignment of homestead and dower rights in- the lands of her deceased husband, J. B. Gillis, situated in said district and county.

Appellees, Henry Grillis, Jesse Grillis • and Joseph Grillis, stepchildren of appellant, filed a separate answer, admitting the right of appellant to a dower interest in said land, but denying that she and her minor son had a homestead right in any of said lands, and alleging that J. B.…