Dunn v. Williams

Originally instituted as an action in ejectment, this cause, was transferred to the court of chancery, and, after hearing, a decree was entered in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendants have appealed, and have also filed a bill of exceptions.

In brief, the chancellor found that T. E. Dunn, the plaintiff, and his wife, Sarah E. Dunn, one of the defendants, leased a farm from Mrs. Julia M. Brown, a woman of advanced years and feeble health, first paying a money rental, but later caring for the lessor and furnishing her with room and board in lieu thereof. After a while Mrs. Dunn informed her…