Welch v. Parker

Appellants, Alexander Welch, and others, brought this action in the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to cancel certain conveyances as clouds on their title. After complainants had offered their evidence, the court sustained a motion to dismiss the bill.

Alex Welch, the father of complainants, died intestate in 1912, leaving as his heirs his wife, Annie Welch, and three children, the complainants, two of whom were then three years and thirteen months of age, respectively, and one of whom was born after the father’s death. These four heirs inherited the 120 acres of land…