Beasley v. Beasley

Appellee, Rufus F. Beasley, filed a bill in the chancery court of Clay county seeking the cancellation of certain deeds recorded there from Mrs. M. A. Alexander, deceased, to Elmer G. Beasley and Persia Beasley. It was alleged in the bill that Mrs. Alexander departed this life on July 13, 1935, leaving, as her surviving heirs at law, her brother, Rufus F. Beasley, and the two children of a deceased brother, the appellants, Elmer G. Beasley and Persia Beasley, who claimed title to the property by virtue of certain deeds set out and make exhibits to the hill of complaint, and that Elmer G.…