Burns v. Allen

This bill was filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County by the guardian of Mattie Eddins, only child of John T. Eddins, deceased, against the defendants, who are sisters of said Eddins, to recover certain real estate devised to the latter under the will of said John T. Ed-dins. . The said Mattie is the posthumous child of John T. Eddins, and was born in March, 1891, her father, the said John T., having died in December, 1890. It appears from the record that on October 17, 1890, the mother of Mattie Eddins procured a divorce from, the said John T. Eddins in the Circuit Court of Shelby…