Peeler v. Peeler

The trial court granted this interlocutory appeal to settle all of the controlling principles in the case. The decree appealed from is one overruling a motion of the complainant to strike the defendant’s answer because of its alleged insufficiency in law to constitute a defense.

The appellant, George W. Peeler, filed the suit against his former wife, the appellee, Essie Peeler, to cancel as clouds upon his title to certain real estate in Prentiss County, consisting of two contiguous lots and the residence thereon in Booneville, Mississippi, first,' a decree of the chancery court of said county…