Hughes v. Coffey

By this suit Nova Coffey Hughes seeks to obtain cancellation of a declaration of trust involving a house and lot in the town of Nettleton. The defendants are the plaintiff’s former husband, Elmer Coffey, Sr., and the couple’s six-year-old son, Elmer, Jr. After a hearing at which no testimony was offered by the defendants the chancellor dismissed the complaint for want of equity.

Elmer and Nova Coffey were divorced in October of 1948, custody of their child being awarded to Mrs. Coffey. On September 18 of that year Mrs. Coffey had bought the property now in question, making her down payment…