Farrand v. Yates

Upon a hearing had in the court below upon the bill of complaint, answers, replications and evidence heard before the chancellor, a decree was entered dismissing the bill for want of equity, to reverse which this appeal is prosecuted.

It is charged in the bill, in substance, that on April 7, 1896, Ann Hopkins was the owner in fee of certain real estate in Pike county, containing 58 acres; that on April 7, 1896, said Ann Hopkins and her husband, Benjamin B. Hopkins, conveyed said lands, by warranty deed, to complainant, James A. Farrand (appellant) ; that on April 1, 1896, M. Lavina Yates and…