Wood v. Swift

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Mississippi County Chancery Court, Osceola District, dismissing a complaint filed by the appellant, Stella May Wood, to set aside a deed executed and delivered by her to T. E. Dill.

The appellant, Mrs. Wood, was 87 years of age at the time of trial. Her husband had been dead some thirty odd years and she had lived alone at her home in Lux-ora, Arkansas, since her only son was killed in line of duty as a federal prohibition officer in 1934. From about 1934, Mrs. Wood had OAvned, in her own right by inheritance and purchase, a 160…