Cornett v. Davidson

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

— Reversing.

The appellees, plaintiffs below, sought by this action to have set aside a deed. from, the deceased Henry Davidson, a relative of theirs, to the appellant, Mary Belle Cornett, a step-daughter of the deceased, on the ground that the deed was a forgery and a fraud. The other appellant, Sam Cornett, is the husband of Mary Belle. The deed purportedly was executed in November, 1932, and was recorded in January, 1938, some seventeen months after Henry Davidson’s death. As to the acknowledgment of the deed the petition alleged:

“Plaintiffs say that the…