Scurry v. Edwards

Legge, Justice.

This is an action to quiet title to real estate. In controversy is a deed executed in 1946 by the committee of a person non compos mentis, purporting to convey his fractional interest in the property; and from a decree adjudging this deed valid the incompetent, by his guardian ad litem, now appeals.

Vanqe Edwards died intestate on February 8, 1946, leaving as his heirs his brothers William S., Robert J., and James M. Edwards, and eight nieces and nephews, children of a predeceased brother, F.' M. Edwards. Decedant’s brother James M. Edwards, now seventy-nine years of age and…