Watkins v. Martin

The appellants, a sister, brother, and nephew of S. W. Martin, deceased, filed their bill in the chancery court of Lauderdale county against Mrs. Willie Mae Bounds, a niece, and the appellee T. E. Martin, a brother of the said S. W. Martin, seeking to cancel a deed executed by S. W. Martin to T. E. Martin on February 8, 1932, eight days before his death. The ground upon which the cancellation of the deed is sought is that the fiduciary relations which existed between T. E. and S. W. Martin at the time of the execution thereof and for many years prior thereto, made the deed prima facie…