Goff v. Goff's Executors

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming both on original and cross-appeals.

Upon the death of her husband, James E. Goff, Florence Goff, after renouncing his will, brought this suit against her husband’s executors and his children by a former marriage to set aside two conveyances, one to his sons, J. A. Goff and J. W. Goff, and the other to his daughter, Pauline Goff, which she alleged were executed by her husband in fraud of her marital rights. On final hearing, the chancellor set aside the conveyance to the two sons, but held the conveyance to the daughter was…