Breland v. Bryant

BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

A recitation of the facts and issues in this case as shown by the record would make a good novel. The name of the plot should be “Land Is Thicker than Blood.” The case comes to this Court from the Chancery Court of Perry County. It involves several issues; mainly, an alleged fraudulently secured deed, a request for a bill of review, and the homestead status as to one tenant-in-eommon owner of the property. Appellant and appellee are son and mother.

On March 23, 1979, appellee filed her sworn Bill of Complaint in the Chancery Court of Perry County against…