Morgan v. Hattendorf

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

In street vernacular it might be said that the parties litigating have commuted between Probate, Chancery and Circuit Courts in a manner disclosing diligence and legal finesse entirely consonant with the respective purposes of winning a decison.

As an example of conflict in jurisdiction, the appeal is from action of the Chancery .Court in denying the plaintiff’s prayer in an ejectment suit filed in Circuit Court.

■ Evaline Morgan, colored, died when about ninety years of age. In 1902 she purchased the real property which is the subject matter of this controversy,…