Bedford v. Megel

This is an original bill filed to establish the legal title in the complainants, and to recover 255 acres of valuable land in Shelby County.

The Chancellor sustained the demurrer to the bill, and this appeal resulted.

*3The bill charges that the original ancestor, W. H. Bedford, died intestate in Shelby County on February 5, 1899, leaving a widow and two minor children, age eight and ten years, respectively. At the time of his death, W. H. Bedford had placed a mortgage on the property for $1,000. After his death a proceedings was held in the probate court of Shelby County in April, 1899, and a…