Tipton v. Tipton

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the circuit court of Covington County, in equity, wherein that court refused to cancel a deed.

J. J. Tipton, late a citizen of Covington County, died intestate in that county on or about July 31, 1944, when nearly 81 years of age. He left surviving him his second wife, Mrs. Naomi Tipton, and four sons 'and a daughter by his first wife. A daughter of a deceased daughter also survived.

On April 13, 1944, approximately three and a half months prior to his death, J. J. Tipton and wife, Naomi, executed a deed to his son, G. V. Tipton,…