Clayton v. Ancell

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by the plaintiffs, George B. Ancell, Jr., Mrs. Lute Ancell, a widow, Mrs. Myrtle Richardson and husband, W. C. Richardson, Mrs. Ethel Marie Barnes and husband, J. B. Barnes, hereinafter called the Ancells, complaining of the defendants, Hattie G. Clayton, a widow, Irene Clayton Uthoff and husband, H. C. Uthoff, and R. L. Clayton, Jr., hereinafter called the Claytons, C. L. Apple, W. H. Rogers, J. A. Chase, J. O. Ammons and E. C. Jordan, hereinafter called Apple et al., and the Consolidated Oil Company, a corporation.

The Ancells sought to recover…