Simpson v. Ricketts

Appellants, Mrs. Ernestine Simpson, and her three daughters, Mrs. Cade, Mrs. Montgomery, and Miss Katherine Simpson, filed their bill in the chancery court of Issaquena County against appellees, O. H. Ricketts and Johnnie Brown, to confirm their claim of title to 165.27 acres of land in that county (described in the bill), alleging that each had a one-fourth undivided interest therein, and to recover rents for its use, and for partition, and to that end a tax deed to appellee Brown to the land, and a conveyance by him to appellee Ricketts be cancelled. The cause was heard on bill, answer and…