Hambright v. Terry

This action was instituted for partition of real estate in South Carolina, the property of Mrs. Emilee B. (Mrs. J. M.) Terry, deceased, by Bernice T. Hambright, Eleanor T. McGinnis, and Betty Arline Terry, by her guardian ad litem, as plaintiffs, against J. M. Terry (the appellant here) and Jack Terry, as defendants.

The appellant, J. M. Terry, was the husband of Mrs. Emilee B. Terry, and the others named above their children; and are the only heirs-at-law of the deceased.

In this partition action, the appellant set up an affirmative defense in his answer, alleging that no administrator of his…