Shepard v. Carter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action in partition brought by Carrie Shepard, in which Henderson Carter and other claimants were named as defendants. Subsequently, in an amended petition, Belle Overton was brought in as a defendant and as one claiming an interest in the land sought to be partitioned. She alleged that she was the wife of Thomas L. Carter, known as Lewis Carter, at the time of his death, and therefore she claimed a share of the property which he had inherited from his father and mother. At the trial it was shown that on January 10, 1880,…