Vernon v. Vernon

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The parties to this litigation are brothers 'and their father was James A. Vernon, now deceased. On April 11, 1916, appellee, J. S. Vernon, who was plaintiff below, executed and acknowledged a deed to appellant, Boone L. Vernon, who was defendant below, to a tract of land in 'Leslie county containing one hundred.acres. This equity action was filed in the Leslie circuit court by plaintiff against defendant to cancel that deed upon the grounds that it was without consideration and was never delivered. The original petition averred that it was…