Ripley v. Kelly

Appellants instituted this suit in the Union chancery court, First Division, seeking cancellation of a deed purporting to have béen executed by Joel Kelly and wife to John M. Kelly in 1872 conveying the southeast quarter, section 9, township 17 south, range 14 west in Union county, Arkansas. The sole ground relied upon for cancellation of the deed is that it was a forgery.

Appellees filed their motion to dismiss the complaint, alleging that the cause of action stated therein was adjudicated by the Union chancery court, Second Division, by a decree rendered on the 17th day of January, 1944,…