Box v. House

Ethridge, C.

Appellants, Luther D. Box, T. B. Box, Mrs. Lottie Mae Box Dickey, and Mrs. Josie Lee Box Knight, brothers and sisters, and complainants in the court below, brought an action against Mrs. D. F. House, her husband, and three other persons, seeking to cancel four certain deeds executed by the appellants which conveyed to Mrs. D. P. House their respective one-fifth interests in certain lands which they inherited from their mother. Since the chancery court sustained the appellees’ plea in bar of the statute of limitations, and did not try the case on the merits, the averments of the…