Tapley v. Tapley

Hettie Tapley, as next friend of her four minor children, brought an action against L. 3L Tapley to recover a described parcel of land. The petition was amended by striking the name of one of the children, and alleging that the remaining three children claimed title to only fifteen sixteenths of the land described in the original petition. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, and the defendant complains that the court erred in refusing to grant him a new trial. It appears from the evidence that G. W. Tapley, the grandfather of the plaintiffs, conveyed to their father,…