Sprowles v. Eversole

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing in part, affirming in part.

This is a contest between a father and his five children over the ownership of certain real estate in Perry County. On July 7, 1945, J. B. Eversole brought an action in the Perry Circuit Court against his daughter Zola Eversole Sprowles to set aside a deed to her dated January 15, 1936, from M. A. Petree, trustee'. The deed conveyed to her the minerals under 200 acres of land known as the Trace Fork tract. The plaintiff alleged that he paid the consideration for the property, and that it was conveyed to the defendant with…