Bruce v. Farrar

Appellants, Lela Bruce, Ales Bruce and Alma Jones, filed their bill alleging that their father, J. A. Farrar, died intestate, seized and possessed of a tract of land containing 376^4 acres, and cash and tangible property amounting to $1,243.43; that decedent left as his heirs and distributees, a widow, Ellen Farrar, appellants and two sons, Meredith Farrar and J. S. Farrar; that at the time of his death, Meredith and J. S. Farrar were indebted to decedent by simple contract debts evidenced by notes in an amount exceeding or equalling the value of their undivided interests in the real estate…