Morgan v. Morgan

This case concerns the title to a plantation in Quitman County known as the Marks Place. The controversy is between the widow of Roger P. Morgan, who is the appellant, and his two daughters by a former marriage, who are the appellees. The facts are simple.

The land originally belonged to James Benton Morgan, the father of Roger P. Morgan and the grandfather of appellees. He died in 1928, leaving a will which disposed of the Marks Place by the following provision:

“I hereby give and devise to the use of my son Roger P. Morgan and his wife, Delma Morgan, for and during their joint lives the…