Compton v. Cook

MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree granting relief to complainants, and dismissing respondents’ cross-bill.

Mrs. Hattie Cook, one of the complainants, was the widow of J. L. Prescott who died in 1912. They had one child, Mary, now Mrs. Mary King, who. is the other complainant. Mr. Prescott left surviving him seven grown children of a prior marriage and eight grandchildren who were the children of a deceased son. All of the descendants of Mr. Prescott by his first marriage were respondents in the court below and some of them are appellants in this Court. The respondent Mrs. Debbie…