Sewell v. Sewell

DUNCAN, Justice.

In this action, appellant sought to have a trust declared in her favor upon real estate which had been conveyed to her deceased husband, Taylor P. Sewell. The Chancellor declared the trust to exist in only an undivided one-half interest in the land involved; the widow has appealed, and the appellees, the brothers and sisters of the decedent, have cross-appealed.

Appellant, Mattie Sewell, and decedent, Taylor P. Sewell, were married in the year 1914, and resided together as husband and wife until the death of the latter in 1949. Appellant had taught school for a number of years…