Story v. Cheatham

MiNor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellants are the five children and two minor grandchildren of John Story, deceased. As the sole heirs of said deceased, appellants filed this suit in the Columbia Chancery Court against Emma Story, widow of Jolm Story, deceased, and the other appellees to cancel certain conveyances between said appellees covering a 175-acre tract of land, and for an accounting of rents and other receipts from certain oil and gas leases on said land.

The complaint filed by appellants alleged the death of John Story and his ownership of the 175-acre tract; that in September, 1939,…