Stanley v. Peeples

In February, 1853, Hugh Peeples, and his children, Susannah, William, Samuel, George, Daniel, and John, brought this action against the appellants, who were the defendants, to set aside the sale of a tract of land in Marshall county. The case made by the pleadings is as follows:

Patsey Peeples, the wife of Hugh Peeples, and mother of the above-named children, owned the land in contest. In March, 1850, Hugh started for California, intending to be absent two years; but he returned in one year and ten months. Soon after he started, Patsey, his wife, died, leaving the said children her heirs at…