Taylor v. Colley

The petition alleges the following: In 1873, when petitioner was but a few months old, her mother died intestate, leaving, besides certain personalty, an estate consisting of four lots of land in Palhoun county. Her only heirs at law were petitioner and petitioner’s father, 6. B. Colley. Said Colley immediately took charge of the entire estate left by his deceased wife, without administration, without being appointed the legal guardian of petitioner, and without giving the guardian’s bond required by law. He married again and had other children; and petitioner grew up in ignorance of the fact…