Dumas v. Smith, Chancellor

September 1, 1938, W. E. Owen filed suit in the Columbia chancery court, first division, to quiet title to certain tracts of land in that county, aggregating 240 acres. Petitioners here were made defendants in that action.

Owen’s claim to the lands was based upon deeds executed to him by his mother, Louisa Frances Owen, surviving widow of E. L. Owen, who died testate in 1912. The consideration for the conveyances was alleged to be money advanced by Owen to his mother to pay off certain indebtedness against the estate left by E. L. Owen and for moneys advanced to his mother from time to time.

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