Chapman v. Tipton

The complainant, Mrs. Winslow Chapman, filed her original bill in the Chancery Court as administratrix of the estate of Charles S. Chapman, deceased, to wind up his estate. Among the numerous persons named in the bill as defendants are Eveleth Winslow Chapman and Mary Chilton Chapman, both of whom are minors under 15 years of age at the time of their father’s death. The *239deceased and the mother of these defendants were divorced, and he was unmarried at his death.

The hill alleges that at the time of the death of Mr. Chapman he owned a small tract of land in Tipton County, Tennessee, which was…