Emmerson v. Merritt

On March 13, 1907, William Lines executed two deeds, one to his wife, Mary Lines, and the other to his two daughters, Lizzie Merritt and Hattie Lines, conveying by each deed an undivided one-half of an eighty-acre tract of land in Wayne county. He died on August 17, 1909, and Mary Lines also died, leaving all her property by will to Lizzie Merritt, The appellant, Charles Emmerson, as executor of the will of William Lines, filed his bill in this case on November 30, 1909, in the circuit court of Edwards county, against the appellees, Lizzie Merritt, Hattie Lines (alias Hattie Stroup) and B. F.…