Smelley v. Ricks

Mrs. Amanda O. Ricks died intestate on April 12, 1928, leaving eight children as her sole heirs. On April 9, 1921, she executed a deed, notarial in form, by which she pretended to convey to two of her children, M. Gary Ricks and Clyde C. Ricks, 150 acres of land, which was all she had, for a stipulated consideration of $1,000 paid in cash.

The present suit is by six of the children against the other two, M. Gary and Clyde C. Ricks, to set aside the purported sale by Mrs. Ricks to these defendants and to have the land decreed to be the property of her succession on the ground that, whereas the…