Nelson v. Wood

Appellants bring this appeal from a decree of the Union chancery court, first division, in which their claim to a certain interest in land was denied and their complaint dismissed for want of equity.

The property involved is a two-thirds interest in a tract of land containing 208 acres.

The plaintiffs below were Hulette F. Nelson, the widow of J. Hansel Nelson, deceased, and three children, James Word Nelson, Mary Lillian Nelson and J. Hansel Nelson, Jr., by his mother and next friend, Hulette F. Nelson.

It is conceded by the parties that the interests, if any, of Mrs. Hnlette F. Nelson and the…