Harrell v. Howard

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment quieting the title of John Bailey to a tract of land in Harlan county. The litigation began in 1932 when J. T. Harrell brought an action against Charles H. Howard, E. R. Howard, Aretha Howard, and Irene Howard on a note. It_ seems that Charles H. Howard executed the note as principal and Aretha Howard, his mother, E. R. Howard, his brother, and Irene Howard, his sister, signed it as sureties. It was alleged in the petition, that the defendants were about to dispose of their property with the fraudulent intent to…