Maddox v. Clark

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

It is almost impossible to ascertain from the amended petition upon what specific grounds the petitioner claims the right to. the relief sought. There is in neither the pleadings mor the evidence any semblance of obligation of the defendant to the petitioner, or even an excuse for demanding that she deed land she inherited from her husband to the petitioner, or why she should be enjoined from deeding or encumbering it to others. In this utterly confused state of both the pleadings and the evidence, we think it appropriate to apply what was said in Smith v. Faulk, 171…