Trout v. Harrell

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

Appellant, as plaintiff, filed this suit in Chancery Court to cancel a deed which she alleged was obtained from her by the fraud of her stepson, Ross Harrell, who is one of the appellees. The trial court' refused the relief sought; and this appeal seeks a reversal of the Chancery decree.

Jesse Harrell, the father of the appellee, Ross Harrell, married the appellant, Mrs. Inez Harrell (now Trout), in 1931; and they lived together until Jesse Harrell’s death in 1940. Ross Harrell (now 39 years old) lived in the home of his father and stepmother during their married life,…