Magee v. Key

The suit with which we are here concerned grew out of another suit, which was filed in the early spring of 1931, which had for its object the subjection of the lands of which a colored man named Short died, seized and possessed, to the payment of his debts. Both are suits in chancery.

The first suit progressed to the point of a sale by a special commissioner of the land in the bill and proceedings mentioned, that is, two tracts, one containing 67.5 acres and the other containing 107.1 acres. The sale was at public auction and Annie Short, the widow of the deceased landowner, became the…