Works v. McNeil

On November 21, 1951, Benjamin C. Hartley filed a complaint in the circuit court of Edwards County against Edward McNeil and Goldie Bell McNeil seeking thereby to set aside a trust agreement dated October 31, 1951, wherein Hartley had conveyed to the McNeils all of his real and personal property in return for their promise to provide and care for him during the rest of his life. Hartley died shortly after the suit was started and his heirs and" administrator were substituted as parties plaintiff. The chancellor heard the evidence in the cause and at its conclusion entered a decree dismissing…