Atkins v. Dodds

JACKSON, Chief Justice.. The appellees, W. L. Dodds, C. W. Dodds, J. M. Dodds and Mattie Phillips, a widow, instituted this suit in the District Court of Kent County against appellants, A. A. Atkins, individually, and as guardian of the estate of Richard Atkins, a minor, Lela Knight and husband, A. J. Knight, Ethel Robbins and husband, J. A. Robbins, Pearl Robertson and husband, H. L. Robertson, Eunice Wright and husband, Randall Wright, to obtain, first, a judgment annulling certain provisions of a written instrument which they allege were inserted therein by fraud and that they were induced…