Patridge v. Riddick

Appellee filed his bill in the chancery court of Humphreys county against appellants, John A. Patridge, and his wife, Frances, and his daughter, Mamie Lusk, to cancel a patent issued to the wife and daughter by the land commissioner of the state in October, 1934, to two hundred forty acres of land in that county. The cause was heard on bill, answers, and proofs, resulting in a decree in appellee’s favor granting the relief prayed for.

Appellee owned two hundred forty acres of land in Humphreys county. On the 15th day of January, 1932, he entered into a written contract with appellant John A.…