Little v. Kendrick

On June 17, 1889, the Federal Government patented to Charles H. Little one hundred and forty-seven acres of land located in Marion County, Florida. The patentee built a home, cleared a considerable portion of the tract, where he resided for years and raised several children. The children, except one, left the community in which the homestead was situated prior to the patentee’s death in 1926, which occurred at the home of his son about one mile from the homestead.

Charles H. LitPe conveyed one acre of land, adjacent to but' of a different tract, to Ed Kendrick, who built a home thereon and…