Boswell v. Gillett

Ed. F. McFaddiN, Associate Justice.

Each of the three litigants was dissatisfied with the Chancery decree, so we have both direct appeals and cross-appeals; and for easy identification we will refer to the parties by name rather than by legal designation.

For some time prior to 1946 Mrs. Mattie Boswell owned a building in Russellville in which the Maleo Thea-tres, Inc. operated a picture show. Mrs. Boswell was an elderly lady and depended on her son, Cledys Boswell, for advice in business matters. E. R. Gillett, of Memphis, Tennessee, was the owner of a number of picture shows, and he desired…