Howell v. Davis

The original bill in this cause was filed by the appellants as administrator and heirs of William TIowell, deceased, to set aside a fraudulent deed, which the bill alleges constitutes a cloud upon the title of the complainants to a valuable farm in Grainger County. The appellees are the widow, Mary Howell, and the grantees of the fraudulent deed, who demurred to the bill.

The Special Chancellor sustained the demurrer and this appeal was duly perfected from that decree which states no grounds for the action taken.

In 1901, the father of Mary Howell sold the farm involved, now valued at more than…