Cox v. McCartney

This suit was brought by heirs at law and by a creditor of W. S. Cox, deceased, to set aside two deeds of gift by him of his real estate and to administer his estate in the chancery court. The creditor, Marie Faulkner, held a note against him and the other complainants were three of his brothers and one of his sisters. Defendants were the grantees in these deeds. The ground of attack upon the deeds was that they had never been delivered.

Answer was filed and the cause was heard before the Chancellor upon oral testimony of numerous witnesses introduced in court. He found that the deeds had not…