Billingslea v. Booker

I am unable to agree with the treatment of the last proposition noted in the maj ority opinion. I believe the trial court should have permitted defendant, Mary Billingslea, to attack the final decree in the Willie Graham probate case. She alleged fraud in the procurement of such decree; if it is in fact void for fraud in its procurement, then Ida Williams never owned all of the lands herein involved and could not have given a valid deed thereto to plaintiffs, and this cause should be reversed and remanded for a new trial.

Defendant alleged and offered to prove that Ida Williams falsely…