Pate v. Evans

Appellees, complainants in the trial court, Mrs. Ola Cooley Evans, et al, brought this suit in the Chancery Court of Covington County against appellants-defendants, Mrs. Mollie Hodnett Pate, et al, to remove clouds on their title to certain lands. The issues are concerned with a plea of res judicata and the construction of a will.

Complainants are the children of J. H. Cooley by his first wife, who died in 1907. In 1908 he married Mrs. Aleñe Cooley and they lived together as husband and wife until his death testate in 1938. His survivors were his wife, four children, and the children of a…