Hull v. Beals

This was an action in the nature of a bill in equity to quiet title, brought by Mull and wife against Beals and wife and one Cora Beals. It is shown in the pleadings that the wife of Beals was the daughter of plaintiffs, and Cora, their granddaughter, by their daughter Cynthia, a former wife of said Beals. There were separate demurrers to the complaint sustained, upon which arise the only points here presented. It is averred in the complaint that, being anxious to arrange their property justly and equitably among their children and grandchildren, the plaintiffs, on the 5th of April, 1861,…