Jones v. Jones

Opinion op the Court by

Clay, Commissioner—

Affirming.

This appeal presents a family controversy between two sons of Ruth Jones, deceased, on the one side, and two brothers and a sister on the other side. Appellants (the two sons) brought suit in equity to set aside, on the grounds of undue influence and mental incapacity, a deed executed by their mother conveying a farm in Owen County to the three principal appellees. A trial was had and the Chancellor, after hearing in open court a substantial portion of the testimony, dismissed appellants’ petition.

On November 12, 1938, Ruth Jones, being at…