Stecklein v. Stecklein

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one to set aside a deed to certain lands in Ellis county. The plaintiff and interpleader were defeated, and appeal.

The facts were substantially these: The plaintiff, about seventy years old, had lived in Ellis county forty-eight years. He had three sons and a daughter. He had accumulated about two thousand acres of land. The sons worked thereon, and as they grew to manhood the father apportioned to each some of the land, which the sons continued to farm. In 1915 an arrangement was made between the father and sons whereby each…