Jennings v. Kee

Jennings had been the guardian of Mrs. Kee. This was a bill in chancery by Kee and wife against Jennings, as such guardian.

It appears that James Cory, the father of Mrs. Kee, owned a quarter-section of land in Ohio, where all the parties then resided. To pay off a small debt, he exchanged lands with his brother, Elnathan Cory, and received for the difference in value a sum sufficient to discharge his indebtedness. He conveyed to his brother, and in 1828, before Elnathan had made him a conveyance, died, leaving Martha Cory, his widow, and Abigail and Jane Cory, his children and sole heirs.…