Coppett v. Monahan

MERRILL, Justice.

The complainants are a son and a daughter of Nancy Coppett Dye, who, prior to her death in 1937, owned approximately 105 acres of land in Calhoun County. The respondents are other children and next of kin of Mrs. Dye.

Complainants filed a bill to sell the prop'erty for division. One of the respondents, their brother Arthur Coppett, appellant here, filed a cross bill wherein he claimed ownership of the property because his mother gave it to him for taking care of her during her lifetime, and that he had title by virtue of adverse possession for more than ten years. He further…