Rachel v. Johnson

This is a suit by the appellant, Pealie Goodloe Bachel (an insane woman acting by her guardian), to quiet title to thirteen acres of land. The defendants are the plaintiff’s nephew and niece. At the close of the plaintiff’s proof the chancellor sustained a demurrer to the evidence and dismissed the complaint. Under the rule adopted in Werbe v. Holt, 217 Ark. 198, 229 S. W. 2d 225, the question is whether the plaintiff produced sufficient evidence to have made a case for the jury if the suit had been tried at law.

The land was formerly owned by the appellant’s father, Philip Goodloe, who died…