Cooper v. Cooper

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

This suit was brought to partition a 130-acre tract of land in Graves county among the heirs of Thomas H. Cooper. Hattie A. Cooper and the children of John Cooper, who were made parties defendant, denied the title of plaintiffs and asserted title in themselves. On final hearing Hattie A. Cooper and her children were adjudged to be the owners of the land, and plaintiffs have appealed.

The deposition of Hattie A. Cooper in which she attempted to testify as to certain transactions with Thomas Cooper and John Cooper, who were dead at the time the evidence…