Brown v. Driggers

Jackson, Judge.

This was a bill filed by Mrs. Driggers and children, to set aside a deed made by Mark Driggers and wife to Brown, for a tract of land alleged to be the homestead of the family. The defendant answered denying that the homestead was valid, and putting in issue the allegations of the bill in general.

The jury, under charge of the court, found for complainants ; a decree was entered accordingly, and Brown moved for a new trial. The motion was overruled and he excepted.

The case turns on a single point. The court admitted in evidence a certified copy of the plat of the homestead from…