Fortney v. Elliott's Administrator

MILLIKEN, Justice.

This is a suit by the administrator of the estate of A. J. Elliott, to settle the estates of nine decedents, seeking a judgment ordering the sale of certain lands, all of which at one time belonged to one Henry Elliott and wife. Also involved are the claim of intervenors, Steve and Jessie Mahan, for services rendered one of the decedents before her death, and the validity of a deed made by one of the decedents, Biddie E. Baker, to appellant G. S. Fortney.

Henry Elliott, owning three tracts of land, died intestate in 1915, survived by his widow and nine children. His widow,…