Hardy v. Pepper
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Mattie Hardy Pepper against Herbert Hardy and others. Decree for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Sunflower county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Mattie Hardy Pepper against Herbert Hardy and others. Decree for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal. On the 14th day of December, 1915, a decree was entered by the chancellor removing her disabilities of minority generally and on the 23d day of December, 1915, the appellee conveyed her undivided one-seventh interest in the said land to her father, the said W. L. Hardy, for the sum of five hundred thirty-two dollars and fifty-three cents, which was the fair market value of the said interest on…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, P. J.
In her lull in the chancery court the appellee, Mrs. Pepper, prayed for the partiting of certain lands and that a deed executed by her to her father be declared void and set aside. A decree was rendered in her favor in the lower court, the deed was set aside and canceled, and commissioners appointed to partite the land. Prom which decree an appeal was granted to this court to settle the principles of the case.
The sole question presented is whether or not the deed made by the appellee to her father is invalid. At the time of the execution of the deed and now, the appellee is a *37minor. Tbe…
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