Janes v. Janes

THOMAS, J.:

The appellant, who was the plaintiff in the chancery court, instituted a suit against his mother, the appellee Anna H. Janes, and his brother, the appellee Marion Janes, seeking a decree cancelling two deeds. In one of them Anna H. Janes was grantee and she and her husband,'now deceased, were grantors; in the other she was grantor and the appellee Marion Janes was grantee. It was the theory of the plaintiff that the former instrument was ineffectual as a conveyance because it was not delivered and that therefore, having received no title under it, Anna H. Janes had none which she…