Hosford v. Wynn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

Robert Wynn died intestate in November, 1861, seized and possessed of two tracts of land— the “Berry Bottom” tract, containing 400 acres, and the “Sterling Hill” tract, containing 232 acres. It does not clearly appear that the intestate left any debts, but in the year 1872 a petition was filed in the Probate Court of Richland County to partition the lands among the widow and children of the intestate ; and in that proceeding the widow, Martha C. Wynn, claimed both “homestead and dower” in the lands. William Hutson Wigg, Esq., then…