Cravens v. Cravens

I

SHRIVER, J.

The Chancellor, Honorable Scott Camp, decreed that the sum of One Hundred Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty and 57/100ths Dollars ($100,730.57), which the deceased H. C. Cravens gave to two of his seven children shortly before his death was an advancement and should be collated and brought into contribution in the distribution of the estate. From this decree the two donees, defendants below, appealed and assigned errors.

Counsel for appellants, Boyd Cravens and Dura Williams, in their brief, made a clear and succinct statement of the case substantially as follows:

On March 13, 1965,…